Are you afraid to die? Death is a taboo topic in The Philippines and a lot of other cultures.
As we celebrate Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, let’s talk about death and why we should face it with courage instead of sweeping the topic under the rug.
For this episode, my guests and I reflected on the Catechism of The Catholic Church paragraph 1013 and 1014. The CCC is an official document of The Church that discusses the official beliefs of the Catholic Church.
CCC 1013 Death is the end of man's earthly pilgrimage, of the time of grace and mercy which God offers him so as to work out his earthly life in keeping with the divine plan, and to decide his ultimate destiny. When "the single course of our earthly life" is completed,586 we shall not return to other earthly lives: "It is appointed for men to die once."587 There is no "reincarnation" after death.
CCC 1014 The Church encourages us to prepare ourselves for the hour of our death. In the ancient litany of the saints, for instance, she has us pray: "From a sudden and unforeseen death, deliver us, O Lord";588 to ask the Mother of God to intercede for us "at the hour of our death" in the Hail Mary; and to entrust ourselves to St. Joseph, the patron of a happy death.
Every action of yours, every thought, should be those of one who expects to die before the day is out. Death would have no great terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience. . . . Then why not keep clear of sin instead of running away from death? If you aren't fit to face death today, it's very unlikely you will be tomorrow. . . .589
Praised are you, my Lord, for our sister bodily Death,
from whom no living man can escape.
Woe on those who will die in mortal sin!
Blessed are they who will be found
for the second death will not harm them.590
Check out the social media of my guests:
Fr Albert Garong, S.S.P. - www.instagram.com/fatherbrews/
Bro Randel Serrano - www.instagram.com/randelserrano
Vanya Castor - www.instagram.com/vanyacastor
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