What Is It That Renders Death Terrible?

To Be Silent When We Are Impelled To Utter Words Injurious To God Or To Our Neighbour, Is An Act Of Virtue; But, To Be Silent In Confessing Our Sins, Is The Ruin Of The Soul.

Just As A Mother Finds Pleasure In Taking Her Little Child On Her Lap, There To Feed And Caress Him, In Like Manner Our Loving God Shows His Fondness For His Beloved Souls Who Have Given Themselves Entirely To Him And Have Placed All Their Hope In His Goodness.

He Would Be Guilty Of Mortal Sin, Because He Exposes Himself To The Danger Of Grievously Offending God. Hence, Before He Acts He Must Lay Aside The Doubt; And If He Has Not Hitherto Done So, He Must Confess It, At Least, As It Is Before God. But The Scrupulous, Who Have Doubts About Everything, Must Follow Another Rule: They Must Obey Their Confessor. When He Tells Them To Conquer Their Doubts, And To Act Against Scruples, They Should Obey With Exactness; Otherwise They Will Render Themselves Unable And Unfit To Perform Any Spiritual Exercise.

The Past Is No Longer Yours; The Future Is Not Yet In Your Power. You Have Only The Present Wherein To Do Good.

What Is It That Renders Death Terrible? Sin. We Must Therefore Fear Sin, Not Death.