Preparation for death…
A man’s entire life should be a continual preparation for death.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
Death spares no one…
Regardless of condition or dignity, we are all subject to death. Death spares no one.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
The moment of death…
Make hay while the sun shines. Let us not allow the devil to delude us into thinking we may put our conscience in order at the moment of death.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
When a just one dies…
When the just man dies, God, whom he has loved and served, together with the Blessed Virgin, hastens to assist him, consoles him in his agony, fills him with courage, confidence, and resignation, and leads him triumphantly into heaven.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
The hour of death…
Remember that at the hour of death we shall reap what we have sown in life. If we have done good works, we will be happy. Death will be a blessing because it will usher us into Paradise. Otherwise, woe to us! Remorse of conscience and the open jaws of hell will await us. ‘What a man sows, that he will also reap.’ (Galatians 6:8)
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
Will we be alive tomorrow?
Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: “Today, if you hear God’s voice, harden not your heart.” Let us not put off from one moment to another (what we should do) because the (next moment) is not yet ours.
–Saint Pio (1887-1968)
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