O Mother of God, and my mother Mary, thou hast obtained many graces from God for me during my life; I thank thee with all my heart. O abandon me not in this hour of my death, in which I have greater need of thy prayers. Pray to Jesus for me, and increase thy prayers; obtain for me sorrow for my sins, and more love for God, that I may come to love Him forever, in company with thee, and with all my powers, in heaven. "In thee, oh Lady, I have hoped: I shall not be confounded forever." Mary, my hope, in thee I trust.
Acts of Devotion for the Time of Death
St. Alphonsus.
It was revealed to St. Liduvina by an angel, that the crown of merits and glory which awaited her in heaven could only be completed through the sufferings which she was to endure in the days which would immediately precede her death. The same thing happens to all devout souls when they depart from this world. It is certain that all good acts, and especially those of resignation in accepting death, performed with the view of pleasing God, are of great merit to every one
