MOURNING
(See also Dead; Death; Funerals; Sackcloth)
ashes used to symbolize: ad 144
beard unkempt: ad 198
‘better to go to house of mourning than to banquet house’ (Ec 7:2-4): w81 2/15 20-21; ts 15-16; g74 12/8 27-28; w61 419-420; w58 495; w57 471; w51 35
customs:
determining whether proper for Christians: w85 4/15 23-25
cuttings upon the flesh: g74 12/8 27; ad 406
David’s:
over King Saul: w77 345; ad 425
death of loved ones: w85 4/15 23-25; g85 4/22 6-13; g85 12/22 26-28; g81 2/8 5-10; w80 3/15 5-6; g79 8/8 8; w78 6/1 6-7; w77 345-346; g76 3/22 27-28; g74 12/8 26-28; g69 2/8 11-13; g68 9/8 7; g68 11/8 3-7; g64 7/22 3-4; w63 259-260; g62 9/8 24-26
how others can help: g85 4/22 8-9; g85 12/22 26-28; w80 1/1 27; g66 9/8 24
how you can cope: g85 4/22 10-13
normal feelings: g85 2/8 22-24; g85 4/22 3-7; g85 12/22 26
what a parent feels: g85 4/22 6-7; g85 12/22 28
what a young person feels: g85 2/8 22-24
discussion: w78 10/15 4-6; w77 344-348; g74 12/8 26-28; ad 1188-1189, 1651
done away with: w82 11/1 6; w80 4/15 5-6; g68 11/8 4-5; w61 420; w60 67-68; g59 10/22 3-4; g58 10/22 7; s 335
dust symbol of: ad 471
effect on heart: g68 2/22 29
funerals: w80 3/15 5-7; g77 3/22 14-15; ts 22, 61-62; w70 575-576; w69 639; g68 2/22 19; g64 7/22 3; w63 73; g61 12/8 30-31; w58 575; g48 2/8 22-23; g40 1/24 19; g40 5/15 26-27
professional mourners: g79 8/8 30
Zaire: g84 5/8 22-24
garments: w85 4/15 25; w58 575; g48 2/8 22-23; g40 5/15 27
wearing black: w80 3/15 6; g77 3/22 14; g74 12/8 27
wearing sackcloth: ad 1428
“happy are those who mourn” (Mt 5:4): w78 2/1 28; g71 6/22 27-28; w66 259-260
help for mourning ones: w80 4/15 30; w78 6/1 7
those executed by Jehovah: w77 345
wakes: w80 3/15 6; g77 3/22 13-14; g74 12/8 26; g62 9/8 24-26