Getting ready for death

Dominique was a participant in the spiritual coaching “I am getting ready for death” at the Montligeon Shrine. She tells us about her discovery of the Rosary and the place the Virgin Mary has taken in her life. And above all, she confidently describes how she experienced her mother’s death. Death does not scare me anymore.

Michèle came from Belgium. Since the session she claims : “Death does not scare me anymore.” In Montligeon, she discovered that every mass prepares us for death.

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“I am getting ready for death”

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Mourning breaks/weeks

The Shrine of Notre-Dame de Montligeon, a world center for prayer for the dead, provides year-round coaching sessions to help you through your bereavement. A time for rest, listening and consolation, in the light of the Christian faith.

Nowaday, death does not appear to be at the forefront of people’s concerns anymore. Even in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis, people approach death from a technical, scientific and statistical point of view. The existential side of it is overlooked. We don’t think about our death or our finitude. However, there is one certainty, i.e., one day we will die. However, facing death might allow us to live. Speaking to Guillaume Desanges for RCF Orne, don Paul Denizot explains how to get prepared for death.

Should we be afraid of dying?

As philosopher Robert Redecker writes in L’éclipse de la mort, “Death has a bad reputation.” Only a few mystics and those without hope are looking forward to it. Others try to escape and avoid it as much as they can, in a desperate attempt to delay their hour, when they will have to surrender. “Should we be afraid of dying? Are we all involved? Can transhumanism save us from death? Thomas Lapenne addresses these questions and others on RCF’s Sanctuaires normands program.