01-13-2021, 08:46 PM
QUOTE OF ST. JOHN MARY VIANNEY
"Generally speaking, one dies as one has lived. That is one of the great truths which Holy Scripture and the Fathers repeat in many different places. If you live as good Christians, you will be sure to die as good Christians, but if you live badly, you will sure to die a bad death . . . It is true, however, that sometimes, by a kind miracle, one may begin badly and finish well, but that happens so rarely that, as St. Jerome puts it, death is generally the echo of life. You think that you will return then to God? No, you will perish in sin . . . " - The Cure of Ars (Page 139 from the Book "Sermons of the Cure Ars)
"Generally speaking, one dies as one has lived. That is one of the great truths which Holy Scripture and the Fathers repeat in many different places. If you live as good Christians, you will be sure to die as good Christians, but if you live badly, you will sure to die a bad death . . . It is true, however, that sometimes, by a kind miracle, one may begin badly and finish well, but that happens so rarely that, as St. Jerome puts it, death is generally the echo of life. You think that you will return then to God? No, you will perish in sin . . . " - The Cure of Ars (Page 139 from the Book "Sermons of the Cure Ars)