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Dispositions for a Happy Death

11/17/2020

 
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"All confess that they must die, and die only once and that nothing is of greater importance than to die well; because on death depends whether we shall be forever in bliss or forever in despair. All know that our eternal happiness or our eternal unhappiness depends on leading a good or a bad life. How then does it happy that the greater part of Christians live as if there were never to die, or as if to die well or ill were of little moment! ...
'Remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.' (Eccl. 7:40)"
- St. Alphonsus Liguori: Preparation for Death
Remote Dispositions
  1. Think of Death every day
  2. Live a good life
  3. Make your Will as soon as you can
  4. Follow practices of the saints to remind you of death and to prepare for it.
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Proximate Dispositions​
  1. Endure sickness patiently
  2. Receive the sacraments of Penance, Holy Eucharist, and Extreme Unction
  3. Choose two good friends to help you
  4. Resist the temptations of the devil
  5. Resist any temptation to vainglory and presumption by considering the number and gravity of your past sins in the face of the infinite holiness of God
  6. Do not be misled by the comforting words of your friends and relatives ... Do not share their natural grief; do not listen to their anxious advice or their deceptive reassurances
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Final Dispositions
  1. Follow the example of Jesus and forgive all your enemies from the depths of your heart
  2. Ask pardon of those you have offended, and of those you caused to offend God
  3. Commit your souls into the hands of God
  4. Commit your body to the earth
  5. Pray to God for yourself and for others
  6. Commit all your relatives and friends to the care of the Blessed Virgin
  7. Exhort your whole family to true devotion to the Blessed Virgin
  8. Renew your baptismal promises, and bid goodbye to everyone here below
  9. Thank God for His infinite mercy and for all His benefits, and then rely on Him alone
  10. Adore God's judgement of you, no matter what it may be
  11. Offer yourself to the Justice of God in union with Jesus, no matter where He may put you, provided that there you may be able to love God
  12. Ardently desire the joyous possession of Jesus and of His kingdom
  13. Have the prayers for the dying said, and give the responses yourself. have the Passion of Our Lord read or the Prayer He offered before He died  in John 17.
  14. Recite, if you can, the Magnifcat and the Psalm, "I rejoiced because they said me, 'We will go up to God's house.'"
  15. ​Finally, in union with Jesus and Mary, with nothing more to worry about, with no one near you but your two friends, wait for the hour of death with joy. Often repeat the words, "Jesus, Mary, Joseph," to gain the indulgences of the confraternities you belong to, kiss your crucifix, look at the image of the Blessed Virgin, make the sign of the cross, and sprinkle your bed with holy water
These dispositions are believed to be written ​by St. Louis Marie de Montfort

Listed below are the links for Day 17 - Day 23 of the daily prayers for the dead:
Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 | Day 21 | Day 22 | Day 23

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