Preparation for Death: Prayers and Consolations for the Final Journey

by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Norman Muckerman CSSR (Editor)

Overview

From the former editor of Liguorian magazine comes this thoughtful compilation of selections from Saint Alphonsus Liguori. He is a favorite among spiritual seekers for years, he guides readers on a journey of knowledge focusing not on the end of life, but on the beginning of the spiritual afterlife.

Preparation for Death offers encouraging insights into facing death without fear through faith in God's eternal plan for us. An illuminating guide for those preparing for the spiritual transition in death.

Paperback

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764864872
Publisher:	Liguori Publications
Publication date:	09/25/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (b. 27 Sept. 1696, d. 1 Oct. 1787) is best known for his Moral Theology writings. Alphonsus founded the Redemptorist Congregation. He made great pastoral reforms in the pulpit and confessional, replacing the pompous oratory of the time with simplicity. For nearly ninety years he had been a model of holiness, prayer, and mortification. Alphonsus fought against Jansenism, which later became condemned as heretical. He spent twenty-six years on the road preaching in the Kingdom of Naples. Saint Alphonsus was made bishop of Palermo at age 66. His life was filled with illness, eight times, he was administered the sacrament of dying. He was declared "Venerable", 4 May, 1796; was beatified in 1816, and canonized in 1839. In 1871, was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX.
Norman J. Muckerman, C.Ss.R. long-time editor of Liguorian and past-president of the Catholic Press Association.