Mobile phones often get
a bad press –
leading to car accidents,
distracting students,
isolating people from family
and from the world around them.
But this week
my sister Brenda’s mobile phone
was a blessing in disguise
as she sat with Aunt Anne
for many long hours,
day and night,
as Aunt Anne lay dying.

Brenda knew that Aunt Anne
would take great comfort
from hearing the Rosary
but Brenda couldn’t for the life of her
remember how to say it!
But using her mobile phone
Brenda was able to find an “app”
to help her to say many Rosaries.
Brenda was able to use “Spotify”
to play Aunt Anne’s favourite hymns.
She was also able to “stream” morning Mass
from St Eugene’s Cathedral
and was able to “download” the parish bulletin
so that she could read it aloud
to Aunt Anne –
all using her mobile phone!

Thank you, Lord,
for the gift of a mobile phone
that enabled Brenda to comfort Aunt Anne
in her final days, hours and moments
by surrounding Aunt Anne
with the sound of prayer.

© Claire Murray, 19th March 2019