Like all of us he was human. His priesthood was God's doing, not his - for our sake and for his. Moreover, everyone who has given up home, brothers or sisters, father or mother, wife or children, or property for my sake will receive many times as much and inherit everlasting life. For man it is impossible, but for God all things are possible. For as we live so shall we die.
Death seals personal choices made long before the end.
As we reflect on the words of St. Matthew's gospel and the quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson on his Memorial Card, I judge we have the essence of Father Neil Cahill. Neil Cahill lived, laughed and loved, and in that Neil filled his niche and accomplished his task. Good-bye, my friend. I know the Lord is with you and you are with the Lord.