Prayers for Eternal Life

Book excerpt: A guide to saving grace Any day should be a good day to die. If you prepare through penitence, practice daily patience, and seek reconciliation with God, you can be confident of the ultimate grace: a happy death. Are you ready? Are your loved ones? How can you help those sick and suffering today? Prayers for Eternal Life tells you how ? with specific practices, prayers, and devotions ? to prepare our souls and the souls of the sick and dying to meet God. Read the Church's teaching on a happy death and learn about the last sacraments. Find hope and comfort in prayers to Jesus, Mary, the saints, and St. Joseph, patron of a happy death. Reach true union with Christ in His suffering, death, and victory, and achieve grace for yourself and those nearing their eternal life. When words fail, the power of prayer perseveres. Prayers for Eternal Life gathers the essential prayers to invoke for the sick and the dying and to offer for our own souls, now and at the hour of our death. Perfect as a gift or for your own personal growth.