On the Fear of Death

[johnnypapa]

Is calling the day we die the greatest day of our life too strong a statement? I have seen some fellow Christians wince at it. In this age of emphasis on worldly comforts, medicine, and the secular, we rarely speak of Heaven—or Hell for that matter. I wonder if we have lost some of our longing for Heaven and cling too strongly to the trinkets of this life.

On the Fear of Death - Community in Mission

This is the second in a series of articles on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. For us faithful, the day we die is the greatest day of our life on this earth. Even if some final purification awaits us, the beatific vision for which we long lies just ahead; our exile …...

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[RileyG]

Memento mori- remember death. Rule of St. Benedict, chapter 4.