MARY, OUR MOTHER

CHAPTER LXVIII: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM

Prayer For A Happy Death--by (Ven.) Cardinal Newman.

"Oh My Lord and Saviour,
Support me in that hour in the strong arms of Thy Sacraments,
And by the fresh fragrance of Thy consolations.
Let the absolving words be said over me,
And the Holy Oil sign and seal me,
And Thy own Body be my food, and Thy Blood my sprinkling;
And let my sweet Mother, Mary, breathe on me,
And my Angel whisper peace to me,
And my glorious Saints . . . smile upon me;
That in them all and through them all,
I may receive the gift of perseverance, and die,
As I desire to live, in Thy Faith, in the Church,
in Thy service, And Thy love." Amen.
Remember these words of Long Ago:
"Oh death where is thy victory
Oh death where is thy sting?"
As Shakespeare put it:
"Cowards die many times before their death--
The Valiant never dies but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange, that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end will come
When it will come!"

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