Preparation for Death
Thirty-six considerations on the eternal truths, each unfolding through three points for meditation.
36 considerations · 108 points · English translation from the Italian
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Treatise on Purgatory
Nineteen brief chapters on the purification of the soul, its longing for God, and the meeting of suffering and hope.
19 chapters · English translation from the Italian
Read the bookThe Art of Dying Well
How to live in preparation for a holy death, and how to meet the last hour with faith, repentance, and trust in God.
2 books · 33 chapters · English translation from the Latin
Read the bookThe Eternal Happiness of the Saints
Contemplate Heaven through the scriptural images of a kingdom, a city, a home, Paradise, and the parables of reward, and the eternal happiness God promises His saints.
5 books · 56 chapters · Epilogue · English translation from the Latin
Read the bookPrayer, the Great Means of Salvation
The necessity and power of prayer, the dispositions with which to pray, and the grace to persevere, with a substantial second part on grace and theological controversy, followed by prayers and devout aspirations.
2 parts · Prayers and devout aspirations · English translation from the Italian
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your last end.
Four selected passages from the historical Catholic English translation of Preparation for Death, each with a received prayer and an invitation to respond.
Dublin, 1843 · Translated by “A Catholic Clergyman” · Separate from the new full-book translation above.
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Explore St. Thomas Aquinas’s answers on our final happiness and divine judgment. Exact references and the provenance of the Summa’s Supplement are identified in the source guide.
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