Corpus Christi Blog

On All Souls’ Day the Church invites us to remember and pray for all the faithful departed. It is a day where we acknowledge that death is the one certainty that each of us must face, but it is also a day of hope because we trust in God’s mercy and his promise of eternal life. For Catholics, All Souls’ Day is not a gloomy day of remembrance but an invitation to live now in such a way that we may die well, reconciled with God and at peace. Considering death as the most important event for which a person ought to prepare, St. Robert Bellarmine, a 16^th-century Jesuit and Doctor of the Church, wrote a spiritual treatise entitled The Art of Dying Well (De Arte Bene Moriendi) to aid souls in obtaining eternal happiness. While written over four hundred years ago, Bellarmine’s wisdom remains as relevant today as it was then, so let’s explore some key principles for dying well.

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