Life is but a dream

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SUNDAY, Jan. 20, midnight (eastern standard time USA): Vulnerable: The Euthanasia Deception airs on EWTN. This documentary uses first-person accounts to expose euthanasia’s horrors in Belgium and debunk the myths of compassion and safeguards. Re-airs 8pm Friday.

After putting this on my schedule to watch I came across an interesting doctor from Buffalo, NY and listened to him.


and read the website he is associated with.


This is all so beautiful and timely. Doctor Kerr’s work suggests that natural death plays an important part in bringing life full circle.
 
The dying process is a sacred time—a final season to seek closure in this life and prepare for the next. We know earthly death is not the end, but rather the door through which we must pass to gain eternal life. The deadly practice of assisted suicide—now legal in several states—shortens or even eliminates this sacred season, carelessly cutting short the life of the patient. To support the “false compassion” of assisted suicide is to see people as a problem to be eliminated. End-of-life care should instead help eliminate or alleviate the patient’s problems, whether they are physical, spiritual, or emotional.

Those who die in God’s grace and friendship live forever with Christ. Because of our belief and hope in the Resurrection, we can face death not with fear, but with trust. We pray that society might recognize that every day of our lives is a gift and is always worth living, especially our final days. We need not fear. Christ is with us.
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This quote is from Day 8 of USCCB Secretariat of Pro Life Activities 9 Days of life Novena

The testimony and work shared in OP reveals the importance of dying a natural death.

Tis_Bearself, I suspect most hope to reunite with loved ones and just as many deeply yearn for healed relationships. The natural dying process affords everyone a chance to make amends.
 
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A couple years ago I heard an interesting homily. The priest told the story of an elderly woman who was dying and had four adult children. The children were notified that their mother was dying and they needed to come right away if they wanted to see her one last time. Three of the children arrived and visited their mom. The fourth child, an adult middle-aged son “Robert”, was en route from another city to see his mom, when he suddenly had a heart attack in the middle of his travel and died.

Shortly after Robert had died, but before his siblings had been informed of the death, the dying mom said, “I saw Robert this morning, he was here. I can go now.” And she died. Robert’s siblings all thought their mother was just mistaken or hallucinating because she was dying and kind of out of it. Then the siblings all learned Robert had died a few hours before their mother said that.
 
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Your message gave us hope. Either who she saw was real or she made up a story to comfort three of them.
 
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I don’t think when you’re so sick that you’re dying, you’re really able to focus on making up stories.
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From what I’ve seen in working at hospitals and nursing homes, I’d say you’re right. There is usually a time that is something like a transition, sometimes short sometimes long, where the person’s still has vital signs but is clearly not consciously present…
 
If you watch the video or review the work of Life is but a Dream, you will understand that the special window of time before natural death is rich in opportunity for the dying to resolve issues and find peace. The findings that support this are astounding.
 
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