{"id":25159,"date":"2009-12-13T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T19:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/prayers-for-tina-lillig-rip-19\/"},"modified":"2009-12-13T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T19:57:33","slug":"prayers-for-tina-lillig-rip-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/prayers-for-tina-lillig-rip-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for Tina Lillig, RIP, 1945-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Good%20Shepherd3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Good Shepherd3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2009\/12\/Good Shepherd3-thumb-250x401-5221.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"401\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a>Prayers were requested by my friend, Suzanne, for a<br \/>\nfriend, <\/i>Tina Lillig<i>, one of the pioneers of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS)<br \/>\nhere in the U.S., and indeed Director of the National Association of the CGS. Tina<br \/>\nsuffered a stroke Friday afternoon while at work.&nbsp; She underwent surgery at<br \/>\nLoyola Medical Center (Chicago). Tina died early this morning. Here is the note<br \/>\nsent by her friends at CGS:<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Garamond, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px; \"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">We share with great sadness that our beloved Tina<br \/>\nLillig has been received into the heavenly fold of the&nbsp;Good Shepherd. She<br \/>\npassed away peacefully at 12:05 am Sunday morning surrounded by her&nbsp;loving<br \/>\nfamily&nbsp;and all the prayers from so many around the world that were lifted<br \/>\nup on her behalf. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be shared with you,<br \/>\nour members, soon.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Garamond, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant,<br \/>\nTina. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of<br \/>\nyour own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of<br \/>\nyour mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious<br \/>\ncompany of the saints in light. Amen.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Garamond, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>Tina, our dear sister in Christ, may your<br \/>\nrest be this day in peace, and your dwelling place in the Paradise of God. May<br \/>\nyou see your Redeemer face to face, and enjoy the vision of God for ever. Amen.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Garamond, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Tina%20Lillig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tina Lillig.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2009\/12\/Tina Lillig-thumb-200x238-5246.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">Tina impacted countless lives with her loving care. She served as our National<br \/>\nDirector with such devotion and grace. She fully gave of her gifts and skills<br \/>\nto further the work of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgsusa.org\/\"><span style=\"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none\">Catechesis of<br \/>\nthe Good Shepherd<\/span><\/a>. She was a vital branch on the True Vine who knew<br \/>\nthe joy of first remaining and then of bearing fruit.&nbsp; How full of<br \/>\ngratitude we are for who she is and what she has done in service to God. How<br \/>\ngrateful we are for her friendship. She will be deeply missed. May her life be<br \/>\nan inspiration to all of us who seek to love and serve the Lord with such<br \/>\njoyful purpose.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Garamond, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; \"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">CGS Board of Directors and Staff<\/span><!--EndFragment--><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayers were requested by my friend, Suzanne, for a friend, Tina Lillig, one of the pioneers of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) here in the U.S., and indeed Director of the National Association of the CGS. Tina suffered a stroke Friday afternoon while at work.&nbsp; She underwent surgery at Loyola Medical Center (Chicago). Tina &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/prayers-for-tina-lillig-rip-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prayers for Tina Lillig, RIP, 1945-2009<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2208,2255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}