Could it be that Grief is a sort of Interrupted Longing? Desire Manque? A painful, but ultimately merciful, reminder from God that Here We Have No Lasting Place; that what we truly Desire is not of this world; that what we Miss is an Ikon of the object of that Need beyond all Needs?
"Our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee." To Miss Mom therefore could be an Ikon of Missing Mary; of Missing the Church; of Missing God.
The horrible Loneliness could be an Ikon of the Existential Loneliness of each and every one of us until we are re-united with Our Creator.
Grief and Loss could be Ikons above all of Our Lord's "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" The sundering, the bereft, the bereaved, the horrible sword cutting in two That which is One.
May God have mercy on us all.
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