Anyone scared or wary about death even if your a faithful catholic?

[EmeraldWings]

well, i’ve never experienced death, so it does kinda scare me, but not in the same way like i’m afraid of heights, it’s more of an anxious feeling, like i dunno what it’s gunna be like, and of course the thought enters my mind all the time, what if i don’t make it?

there were alot of saints who did not fear death at all, but were looking forward to it, because they loved God so much and wanted to be with Him,
what that tells me is just that i don’t love God nearly as much as i should,

i think the more you learn to love God and know Him, the less you will fear anything.

 

[Biggie]

I worked in a job where I risked my life for ten years and I have seen death by violence, accident and natural causes. I always subscribed to my dad’s philosophy that when it’s your time to go, it’s your time and not a moment before. So I never worried and I was not afraid. My father got cancer, and in the six months it took him to die I had a lot of time to think about death, it’s meaning and it’s mystery. A couple years later my sister was killed by a drunk driver and left four little children. In between, we nearly lost a daughter to an asthma attack (saved only by mouth to mouth and air care) and endured a miscarriage.

I am still not afraid. I feel Jesus will be there with me in that difficult hour. I will be going to see at last some poeple I didn’t think I could live without anyway. And I pray very hard that I might keep my dignity every day right through to the last.

 

[Fran65]

Yes, I am scared, but not hopeless.

I have a sudden death syndrome, a heart condition that means that there are many things that can cause me to have a cardiac arrest. I have an ICD (implantable cardiac defibrillator) that ‘should’ prevent my sudden death. I’m 43 and face the rest of my life with repeated surgeries, medication and restrictions to my way of life. As a result, I have generalized anxiety disorder and depression. These things have led me back to my Catholic faith and I am able to work fulltime and make the best of the gift of my life.

As another poster said, having severe death anxiety and health conditions has been a major motivator in getting my spiritual life sorted out. Saying the Rosary and knowing the promises regarding death that the Blessed Virgin Mary makes to those who say it help me a great deal.

Yes, we will die physically, but as believers in Christ we have eternal life.
God bless
Karen