Live well, die well…
But the general rule, “that he who lives well, will die well,” must be mentioned before all others: for … a good death depends upon a good life.
–Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)
Ready for death…
A man must always be ready for death,for death comes when and where God wills it.
–Saint John Nepocumene Neumann (1811-1860)
An encounter with…
We are not heading for an eternal void and an eternal silence but we are on our way to an encounter, an encounter with Him who created us and loves us more than mother and father.
–Raniero Cantalamessa (1936-
Fact of death…
The fact of death should not sadden us. The only thing that should sadden us is to know that we are not saints.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Accept our own death…
We must accept our own death and that of our relations when God shall send it to us, and not desire it at any other time; for it is sometimes necessary that it should happen at that particular moment for the good of our own and their souls.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Our journey brings us…
For the journey’s end must always be wished and longed for by travelers, and so because we ourselves are travelers and exiles in the world we should always be thinking of the journey’s end, that is, the end of our life, for our journey brings us to our native land.
–Saint Columbanus (543-615)
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