| Many people deny the fact that everyone cannot avoid growing old and dying. It's no wonder that health products to prevent aging are in high demand despite their high prices. Is it true that we can always stay young and healthy and not die? It doesn't mean we don't need to take care of our bodies and health. We need to have a healthy lifestyle by eating nutritious food, exercising, and sleeping not too late so that our bodies stay healthy and live long. With a healthy body, we can continue to serve others and God. But let us not be afraid of growing old and dying. Instead of spending our attention on staying young and living on, we should prepare ourselves for our death. We want to experience a peaceful death and live happily ever after. |
How can we experience a peaceful and happy death in the future?If we prepare for our death. We do this by contemplating our death. We may not want to think about our death because we are afraid of the death we are bound to face.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, on the other hand, enjoyed contemplating death, even her death. Her favourite place for meditation and prayer was the monastery cemetery. Even St. Therese longed for her death. Because for Therese life in this world is not our real life. Our true life is to live in Heaven together with God the Father. The only way to eternal life is death.
By contemplating death, we are invited to always be on guard and always ready. We will always try to live according to God's will and please God. In this way, when the time of death comes, we face it with peace and happiness.
Besides contemplating our death, we also devote ourselves to St. Joseph, the protector of the dead souls and peaceful death. It is said that at the end of his life, Joseph died peacefully in his home in Nazareth and was cared for at the time of his death by his spouse, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ.
So, if you, too, desire a peaceful death, become friends with Joseph! The first step on your to-do list is to gain and maintain a state of grace for your soul. Make a good Confession frequently and receive the sacraments regularly, detach yourself from sin, and live a life pleasing to God.
Grow in your relationship with St. Joseph. It is said that St. Joseph will intercede on behalf of those who have a devotion to him for a peaceful end to their earthly life. The Joseph connection then is that when we die, we could surely benefit by praying to have Jesus, Mary and Joseph at our bedside to help usher us to eternity.
Here's a beautiful prayer intercession through Saint Joseph: