Consideration of One’s Own Death Thomas à Kempis My friend, it is most useful for you to call to mind frequently and assiduously the reality of your own death. This, indeed, is the Read More »
A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for Her Help in the Hour of Death Thomas à Kempis O most loving Mother of God, Mary ever-virgin, you overflow with a miraculous sweetness, which the human mind is not able to comprehend or describe! Read More »
God Does Not Abandon Us at the Hour of Death St. Francis de Sales As a gentle mother, leading her little child with her, helps it to walk, carries it according as she sees necessity, allows it to make Read More »
The Shortness of Life The Soul Sanctified “What is your life? It is a vapour, which appeareth for a little while.” -James 4:15 What is your life? It is like a vapor, Read More »
We Should Abandon Ourselves to God in Life and in Death St. Francis de Sales Among the praises given by the saints to Abraham, St. Paul mentions this above every other, that he believed, hoping against all hope. God has Read More »
On the Last Things Regis Martin, S.T.D. Try to imagine the one thing in this world that is most worth knowing – by everyone. The thing that is most worth having. Something Read More »
Mourning Those Whom We Have Lost St. Francis de Sales “Raise up your eyes often to Heaven; and see that this life is only a passage to eternity.” -St. Francis de Sales If we lose Read More »
The Happy Death of the Just Venerable Louis of Granada The end, it is said, crowns the work, and, therefore, it is in death that the just man’s life is most fittingly crowned, while the Read More »
Deferring Conversion Until Death Venerable Louis of Granada “We must bear in mind an undeniable principle, concerning which St. Augustine and all the holy Doctors are agreed – namely, that as true repentance Read More »
The Month of All Souls: 5 Ways Catholics Honor Their Dead John Paul Sonnen “All nations honor their dead. Whether enlightened by faith or groping in error, all strive to keep alive the memory of those whom death has taken Read More »
The Weighty Subject of God’s Judgment Conor Gallagher Bring the powers of your imagination to bear: your adorable, sweet baby matures into a young man who unpredictably commits a wicked crime despite all Read More »
Preparing Your Child for Death Conor Gallagher There is perhaps no more counterintuitive notion for a parent than this: you must prepare your child for death.[1] From the moment you learned of Read More »
