Shutting out the fear of Death
An excerpt from “The treatise of St Cyprian on mortality, ‘Let us shut out the fear of death and meditate upon immortality’” contained in the Office of Readings for Friday, 34th Week of Ordinary Time:...
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An excerpt from the Gospel for today Mass on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time has comforting words for those suffering the loss of a loved one: Matthew 5:4:”Blessed are they who mourn, for they will...
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Find A Grave
I discovered through a conversation on Facebook an interesting site called: Find A Grave. Millions of cemetery records and photos of gravesites (tombstones) are listed there. There is also a search...
View ArticleAre You Prepared to Die?
As I said in my first ever blogpost here on The Four Last Things you will die. An article from last year (that for some reason I didn’t blog about then) asks us this: Are You Prepared to Die? (Via...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Agony in the Garden
The meditation of the First Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Agony in the Garden (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): A person has...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Scourging at the Pillar
The meditation of the Second Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Scourging at the Pillar (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): The...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Crowning with Thorns
The meditation of the Third Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Crowning with Thorns (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): Their journey...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Carrying the Cross
The meditation of the Fourth Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Carrying of the Cross (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): Perhaps the...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Dying on the Cross
The meditation of the Fifth Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, Dying on the Cross (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.) The soul nears the...
View ArticleMy soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord
In this blog I occasionally wax longingly to “go Home,” that is, to be in Heaven with the Lord, the Saints and my loved ones who have gone on before me. I usually write the disclaimer that my desire...
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Death sucks.
Death sucks. Someone, be they a human person or an animal person, is in your life for years, then they’re not. And it’s not like they moved to some far off strange place like California, where you can...
View ArticleTransitus of St. Francis of Assisi
Today is October 3rd and that is the vigil of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. For Franciscans worldwide, tonight is the “Transitus,”or the ritual observance of his death. I won’t go into...
View ArticleA symbol of Purgatory
A few days ago I began a vacation from my job. However, on my first “official” day of vacation, I was still required to attend a mandatory monthly meeting. No big deal, I have to get up early and...
View ArticleLoved ones greet us when we go Home
Spirit Daily has an excellent and comforting article on death, and that perhaps it is something to look forward to, at least not fear: RELATIVES ARE THERE WHEN WE DIE The notion that we are greeted by...
View ArticleWhere was Mary assumed to?
Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Dogma of the Catholic Church that when Mary “died” she was taken up into Heaven, body and soul, due to her preservation from...
View ArticleShutting out the fear of Death
An excerpt from “The treatise of St Cyprian on mortality, ‘Let us shut out the fear of death and meditate upon immortality'” contained in the Office of Readings for Friday, 34th Week of Ordinary Time:...
View ArticleBlessed are they who mourn
An excerpt from the Gospel for today Mass on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time has comforting words for those suffering the loss of a loved one: Matthew 5:4:”Blessed are they who mourn, for they will...
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