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Mary’s Lamentation at the Death of Her Son

St. Anselm of Canterbury

Step into the intimate conversations of Our Lady and Saint Anselm in ‘The Passion of Christ Through the Eyes of Mary.’ Witness the profound grief and miraculous moments following Jesus’ death.

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

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!

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Mary’s Lamentation at the Death of Her Son

Consideration of One’s Own Death

A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for Her Help in the Hour of Death

God Does Not Abandon Us at the Hour of Death

The Shortness of Life

We Should Abandon Ourselves to God in Life and in Death

On the Last Things

Mourning Those Whom We Have Lost

The Happy Death of the Just

Deferring Conversion Until Death

The Month of All Souls: 5 Ways Catholics Honor Their Dead

The Weighty Subject of God’s Judgment

Preparing Your Child for Death

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