The Way (X)

Don't be afraid of death. Accept it from this day on, generously... when God wills it, how God wills it, where God wills it. Believe me, it will come at the time, in the place and in the way that are best--sent by your Father God. May our sister death be welcome!

For others, death is a stumbling block, a source of terror. For us, death--Life--is an encouragement and a stimulus. For them it is the end; for us, the beginning.

Haven't you heard the mournful tone with whcih the worldly complain that 'each day that passes is a step nearer death'? It is. And I tell you: rejoice, apostolic soul, for each day that passes brings you closer to Life.

Have you seen the dead leaves fall in the sad autumn twilight? So fall souls each day into eternity. One day, the falling leaf will be you.

If you're an apostle, death will be a good friend who helps you on your way.

You--if you are an apostle--will not have to die. You will move to a new house, that's all.

"He shall come to judge the living and the dead." Thus we say in the Creed. May you never lose sight of that judgment and of that justice and of that judge.

Doesn't your soul burn with the desire to make your Father God happy when he has to judge you?

There is a great tendency among worldly souls to think of God's mercy, and so they are emboldened to persist in their follies. It's true that God our Lord is infinitely merciful, but he is also infinitely just; and there is a judgment, and he is the judge.