Preparing for my death

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The Marians of the Immaculate Conception in Stockbridge, MA have an organization called “Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy.” They give talks about bedside/end of life spiritual care. Perhaps if you got in touch with them, they could give you some guidance. Here is the link:

thedivinemercy.org/house/contactus.php

Scroll to the bottom of the link for HealthCare Professionals for Divine Mercy phone number and email. God bless.
 
If you’re severely ill, and if you’ve had tons of health problems before, you may be too physically tired to be feeling “inspired” to do good works, etc. It doesn’t mean you’re not fervent; it means you’re pooped.

On the other hand, you might be feeling “spiritually dry” because God is giving you more opportunities to exercise pure faith and other virtues. (Not a fun process. Yup, just like having to work out when you don’t want to.) If you are “spiritually dry,” usually you don’t try to add a bunch of new good works or prayers, because you’ve already got a lot on your plate.

Either way, you can always offer up to God all the pain, inconveniences, and other daily life problems you have, while trying not to grumble. (That doesn’t mean not letting people know, if they need to know that you’re sick or in pain. You still have to take care of yourself.) If you offer up your problems for other people, you will be doing a spiritual good work, while not having to spend much extra physical or spiritual energy.

I don’t know what to tell you about the debt problem.
 
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I don’t want and I hope I didn’t overdramatize my situation, but the new medical problem I have is one that is incurable (on top of my other incurable chronic conditions), enough about that.

One part of scripture that comes to mind is the death of Moses. Moses didn’t get what he wanted in this life, to enter the Promised Land. But, Moses is considered, at least in Jewish belief, to have been very loved by God. And, God told him to go up this mountain and that he would die there. It is thought that God Himself attended to the burial of Moses.

So, like Moses, I want to live each day in faith, following as much as I can, where the Lord is leading me. From what little I know about it, I will probably be conscious nearly to the end, when my condition rapidly deteriorates. I pray for the courage and strength to go through that passing away, and I hope that my thoughts are those which both the Old and New Testament teach, Hear O Israel, the LORD is God, the LORD alone.

Likewise, Isaac must have had thoughts about his own death when he realized that he was the sacrifice that God had commanded to his father Abraham. Jesus teaches us to pray over our impending death.

I pray for all those who are facing the end of their mortal existence, and for all who died today.
 
while i understand that you feel bitter that you see the end of the rodeo

i agree / other posters; pray the rosary; go to confession

you have been given a gift in that you can see the end coming

i would not want a sudden death
 
Interestingly I don’t see any signs of bitterness. It seems to me to be more like emptiness, or rather, feeling numb… as though the full realisation hasn’t hit home yet.

I’ve been reading this >> fathergilles.net/goodnews/funeral_rdgs_ord_time_ref.pdf
It’s a selection of passages suitable for funerals. Hopefully you can find some comfort in them.

You’ll be in my prayers.
 
I may not be far behind you. I’ll find out my verdict next week.

But I would say to you what I would do myself. Make the best and most complete general confession you can and then, be at peace. Trust and confidence always in Our Lady.

Be sure to arrange with your priest that he gives you, when you get Extreme Unction, that he gives you the Apostolic Pardon so you can go straight to Heaven.

We all will be where you are right now at one point or another in each of our lives. We do not have an eternal home here. Our true Home awaits us.

Maybe you can read the book The Happiness of Heaven by F. J. Boudreaux, S.J. I just recently finished reading it myself.

God bless you!
 
Honestly, I’ve never thought of this topic, but maybe I should start now.

I have heard, though, that St. Joseph is the Saint one should pray to for a peaceful death.

Praying for both of you. :gopray:
 
Besides the wonderful suggestions given already, I would add how St. Teresa of Avila advised us to “Go to Joseph” with all our cares and woes, and as mentioned, he is the patron of a Happy Death. Continue to avail yourself of the Mass and the Sacraments, and do your daily duty the best that you can and be at peace. That is what is required of each of us, not extraordinary spiritual feats. Wear your brown scapular, and ask someone to pray the Prayers for the Dying and the Holy Rosary at your bedside when the moment is near. Keep the holy name of Jesus on your lips as long as possible to beg Our Lord’s assistance and keep the devil’s temptations to despair far away.

May God bless you! You are in my prayers.:signofcross:
 
There is no one who can despair, based on my understanding of the context, of their salvation no matter what.
 
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