Many people would give a great deal if they could lengthen their lives, though not in order to become more perfect but simply in order to live longer. For many people death is something fearsome. Although for us Catholics death no longer has its sting, there are still many of us who readily put up with everything only because we do not want to die.

Death was something fearsome until Christ opened heaven’s door for us and left for us many means of grace so that we can more easily attain eternal happiness. Satan will risk everything with many people in order to rob us at the last moment of eternal happiness. However, we can pray fifty times or more each day: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us poor sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen”. Is it likely that the Blessed Mother will abandon us in our final hour if we say this prayer each day?

Blessed Franz Jaggerstatter

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