KADDISH (Mourners' Prayer)

To me, this prayer in Aramaic is one of the most beautiful prayers in the Sidur. It is beautiful in its content and in its form... I do not wish anyone to have to find himself reciting this prayer. If you are, as I was just over two months ago, I wish the hope that this prayer brings might have comforted your heart and those of your loved ones. The Mourners' Prayer focuses on life, promise, and honor. This is my first post on this blog, and I post it in the blessed memory of my dear, beloved, and loving parents: Carlos Alberto Junca Adames z''l and Ligia Ines Leon Calderon z''l. Though it is not customary to recite this blessing like this, I take the freedom to do it with all my heart knowing that the Creator of All Souls will not reject a contrite heart filled with thankfulness for the life and memory of his parents. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly word...