Tuesday
To Obtain a
Good Death
O Mary, how shall I die? Even now, that I
think of my sins, and of that decisive moment on which my salvation or eternal
damnation depends, of that moment in which I must expire and be judged. I
tremble and am confounded. O my most sweet Mother, my hopes are in the blood of
Jesus Christ and in thy intercession. O Comfortress of the afflicted, do not,
then, abandon me, cease not to console me in that moment of so great
affliction. If I am now so tormented by remorse for sins committed, the
uncertainty of pardon, the danger of relapse, and the rigor of divine justice,
what will become of me then?
Unless thou helpest me, I shall be
lost.
Ah, my Lady, before death obtain me great
sorrow for my sins, through amendment, and fidelity to God during the remainder
of my life. And when my last moment arrives, O Mary, my hope, help me that I
may not despair at the sight of my sins, which the devil will place before me.
Obtain that I may then invoke thee more frequently; so that I may expire with
thy most sweet name and that of thy beloved Son on my lips. Nay more, my Lady,
but forgive my boldness, before I expire do thou come thy self and comfort me
with thy presence.
Thou hast granted this favor to so many
of thou devout servants, I also desire and hope it. I am a sinner; it is true;
I do not deserve so great a favor; but I am thy servant, I love thee and have
full confidence in thee.
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