Dispositions for a Good Death
by St. Louis Grignion de Montfort




These dispositions are believed to be written by St. Louis Marie de Montfort. On the eve of his death, a copy was found among the effects of the missionaries accompanying the Saint. It is preserved in the general archives of the Company of Mary.

• Death is certain.
  
• It is near.
  
• It is deceptive.
  
• It is awe-inspiring.
  
• It is painful.
  
• It follows the pattern of life.
  

• Avoid grave sin and deliberate venial sin.
  
• Combat your dominant fault.
  
• Love the cross.
  
• Receive the sacraments frequently.
  
• Practice mental prayer and obedience.
  
• Have a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
  

• Have Masses said before you die.
  
• Present your Will in proper form.
  
• Return everything wrongfully acquired.
  
• Pay your debts.
  

• When you go to bed, take the position of a dead person.
  
• At every meal remember that one day your body will be the food of worms.
  
• Consider sickness as the companion of death.
  
• Keep a skull in your room and meditate on what that person, was, what he did, said and thought. Think of what this skull is now and what will become of it, and then reflect on your own life.
  
• Prepare your coffin and your grave, and embrace them in spirit every day.
  

• God sends it to you.
  
• It can free you from this exile on earth.
  
• It helps you to expiate your sins.
  
• Firmly believe that you will die of this illness.
  

• Receive them as soon as possible, and sooner than your friends and relatives want you to.
  
• Receive them with contrition, humility and gratitude.
  
• Receive them with fervor.
  

• They can keep out of your room relatives, friends and other persons who can be of no help to you.
  
• They will help you to make acts of faith, hope and love.
  
• They will help you to receive the Sacraments.
  
• They will help you to withstand temptation.
  

• If you are tempted against Faith say simply, "I believe in God" or "I believe everything that the Catholic Church teaches.
  
• If you are tempted to despair, put all your trust in the infinite merits of Our Lord and the all-powerful intercession of Our Lady.
  
• If you are tempted to impatience, think of the sufferings of Jesus, the reward he promises, the sufferings of the next life, the seriousness of your sins.
  

• By considering the number and gravity of your past sins in themselves.
  
• By considering them in the face of the infinite holiness of God.
  

• Do not believe the comforting words of your friends and relatives and keep them away from you as much as you can.
  
• Do not share their natural grief; do not listen to their anxious advice or their deceptive reassurances.
  

• Follow the example of Jesus and forgive all your enemies from the depths of your heart.
  
• Ask pardon of those you have offended, and of those you caused to offend God.
  
• Commit your souls into the hands of God.
  
• Commit your body to the earth, and willingly accept that it become the food of worms.
  
• Pray to God for yourself and for others.
  
• Commit all your relatives and friends to the care of the Blessed Virgin.
  
• Exhort your whole family to true devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
  
• Renew your baptismal promises, and bid farewell to everyone here below.
  
• Thank God for His infinite mercy and for all His benefits, and then rely on Him alone.
  
• Adore God's judgment of you, no matter what it may be.
  
• Offer yourself to the Justice of God in union with Our Lord Jesus Christ, no matter where He may put you, provided that there you may be able to love God.
  
• Ardently desire the joyous possession of Jesus and of His Kingdom.
  
• Have the prayers for the dying said and give the responses yourself. Have the Passion of Our Lord read or the Prayer He offered before He died. (John 17)
  
• Recite, if you can, the Magnifcat and the Psalm, "I rejoiced because they said me, We shall go up into the house of the Lord." (Ps 122:1)
  
• Finally, in union with Jesus and Mary, with nothing more to worry about, with no one near you but your two friends, wait for the hour of death with joy. Often repeat the words, "Jesus, Mary, Joseph," to gain the indulgences of the confraternities you belong to, kiss your crucifix, look at the image of the Blessed Virgin, make the Sign of the Cross, and sprinkle your bed with holy water.
  

St Louis de Montfort quotes on the Holy Rosary.
https://www.beautysoancient.com/top-25-s...ly-rosary/

“The word rosary means “Crown of Roses,” that is to say that every time people say the Rosary devoutly they place a crown of one hundred and fifty-three white roses and sixteen red roses upon the head of Jesus and Mary. Being heavenly flowers these roses will never fade or lose their exquisite beauty.” ~St. Louis De Montfort
“Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-and mark well what I say-if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“Put you on the armor of God.” So arm yourselves with the arms of God—-with the Holy Rosary—-and you will crush the devil’s head and you will stand firm in the face of all his temptations. ~St Louis de Montfort
“For never will anyone who says his Rosary every day become a formal heretic or be led astray by the devil. This is a statement which I would sign with my blood.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of devotions and the most important one.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“It is scarcely possible for me to put into words how our Lady esteems the Rosary and how she prefers it to all other devotions. Nor can I sufficiently express how wonderfully she rewards those who work to make known the devotion, to establish it and spread it nor, on the other hand, how strictly she punishes those who work against it.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“To say the Holy Rosary to advantage one must be in a state of grace or at the very least be fully determined to give up mortal sin.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“I would like to add that the Rosary ought to be said reverently, that is to say, it ought to be said as much as possible, kneeling, with hands joined, clasping the rosary. However, if you are ill, you can, of course, say it in bed; or if one is travelling it can be said while walking; if, on account of some infirmity, you cannot kneel you can say it standing or sitting. You can even say it while working if your duties do not allow you to leave your job, for work with one’s hands is not always incompatible with vocal prayer.” ~St Louis de Montfort
“Blessed is the Rosary which gives us this science and knowledge of our Blessed Lord through our meditations on His life, death, passion and glory.” ~St Louis de Montfort

St Louis de Montfort
Ora Pro Nobis

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Quote:“The militarism also glorifies a warrior mentality and notions of manliness and male strength,” Panneton wrote. “This conflation of the masculine and the military is rooted in wider anxieties about Catholic manhood—the idea that it is in crisis has some currency among senior Church figures and lay organizations. In 2015, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix issued an apostolic exhortation calling for a renewal of traditional conceptions of Catholic masculinity titled ‘Into the Breach,’ which led the Knights of Columbus, an influential fraternal order, to produce a video series promoting Olmsted’s ideas.”

Saintly Quotes

http://www.catholictradition.org/Saints/...htm#HEAVEN
The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty.
- St. Vincent de Paul

God does not hasten His works. He does all things in their time.
- St. Vincent de Paul

It is not expedient to wish to do everything all at once, or to think that all is lost if everybody else does not hurry along with us.
- St. Vincent de Paul

HEAVEN

I don't put a penny's value on this life if only our Lord will give me a tiny corner in Paradise.
- St. Camillus de Lellis

Our home is Heaven. On earth we're like travelers staying at a hotel. When you're away, you're always thinking of going home.
- St. John Vianney

DIVINE REWARD

His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
- St. Teresa of Avila

That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works-----I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
- St. Teresa of Avila

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
- St. Teresa of Avila

HELL

Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic.
- St. Jane Francis de Chantal

If you die as an unbeliever, you will be damned and lost forever.
- St. John Bosco

All who die without the faith are in Hell.
- St. Francis Xavier

"Lord, are they few that are saved? But He said to them: 'Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.' "
- St. Luke 13:23-24

The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are: yet amongst those few I wish to be.
- St. Alphonsus Liguori

A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die in mortal sin are condemned for ever and ever. According to statistics, approximately 80,000 persons die every day. How many of these will die in mortal sin, and how many will be condemned! For, as their lives have been, so also will be their end.
- St. Anthony Mary Claret

Not all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.
- St. Augustine


Meditate on the horrors of Hell which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.
- St. Benedict Joseph Labre

He who abuses too much the mercy of God will be abandoned by Him.
few I wish to be.
- St. Alphonsus Liguori

THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit rests in the soul of the righteous just like the dove in her nest. He hatches good desires in a pure soul, as the dove hatches her young.
- St. John Vianney

If you die as an unbeliever, you will be damned and lost forever.
- St. John Bosco

All who die without the faith are in Hell.
- St. Francis Xavier


www.catholictradition.org/Saint/saintly-quotes18.htm

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Quote:“By uniquely combining the power of innovative technology, off-platform intelligence collection and the prowess of subject-matter experts who understand how threat actors operate, scaled detection of online abuse can reach near-perfect precision,” states the article.

Quote:“By bringing human-curated, multi-language, off-platform intelligence into learning sets, AI will then be able to detect nuanced, novel abuses at scale, before they reach mainstream platforms. Supplementing this smarter automated detection with human expertise to review edge cases and identify false positives and negatives and then feeding those findings back into training sets will allow us to create AI with human intelligence baked in,” the article rambles.

Quote:“No – it’s not the runaway inflation, energy costs, and even food security in many parts of the world. For how dedicated to globalization the organization is, it’s strangely tone-deaf to what is actually happening around the globe.”

Quote:The CDC guidance to end mass asymptomatic testing is a big deal, though it comes a full 2 years too late. If your child is going on a field trip and has no symptoms and is forced to test, make sure to let the authorities know that they are violating CDC guidelines.

— Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) August 12, 2022

Quote:Baal worship was rooted in sensuality and involved ritualistic prostitution in the temples. At times, appeasing Baal required human sacrifice, usually the firstborn of the one making the sacrifice. The priests of Baal appealed to their god in rites of wild abandon, which included loud ecstatic cries and self-inflicted injury. – Julian Kennedy, Baal Worship

Quote:While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods. So Israel joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor. And the Lord’s anger burned against them.

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