It is always difficult to know the best way to comfort someone who mourns a loss of life.  “Should I call?  Should I visit?  Should I provide a meal?  What should I say?”  These questions, and more, might go through our minds.  And to complicate things, people might also be dealing with regrets and guilt, knowing that they won’t see their loved one again on Earth.  The command is just to “care” for those who have experienced extreme loss.  Therefore, James says that “pure religion” is to take care of orphans and widows in their time of distress (cf. Exodus 22:2)