Does Anybody Here Truly Not Fear Death?

[Azriel]

I fear death.....I fear living more.

[Balthazor]

I don't fear death as much as I fear being a failure.

[Era Might]

I think the scariest thing about death will be the finality of it all. It's not so much that you are leaving this world, but that you are going to actually face God in judgement. That is the moment you live your whole life for. Have you done his will? Are you holding back something that he will ask an account for? Have you not forgiven someone? The only thing that is really consoling in the face of that judgement is the mercy of God which we cannot comprehend. We think we have a handle on his justice, but not so much his mercy.

[scardella]

[quote name='Era Might' post='1130846' date='Nov 29 2006, 12:48 PM']
I think the scariest thing about death will be the finality of it all. It's not so much that you are leaving this world, but that you are going to actually face God in judgement. That is the moment you live your whole life for. Have you done his will? Are you holding back something that he will ask an account for? Have you not forgiven someone? The only thing that is really consoling in the face of that judgement is the mercy of God which we cannot comprehend. We think we have a handle on his justice, but not so much his mercy.
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I think you get a much better sense of both as you become holier.

[mulls]

[quote]I just wish it were easier to implement stuff like that. Like the last several months, I've felt as though God threw me in the deep end of the pool with no swimming lessons or floaties. I've only recently started to figure out that if I just quit struggling so much, staying afloat is much easier. But overcoming that fear instinct to thrash about when you're afraid ... even the willingness to start doing that takes a bunch of grace.[/quote]


[quote]First, I like the imagery of thrashing around to stay afloat. I've been having a very hard time spiritually here lately, too.

It relates to martyrdom because our thrashing results from our trying to keep ourselves afloat instead of letting Him keep us afloat. Human body fat accounts for some of the reason we float in water...and our breath accounts for the other part of the reason. In much the same way, we try to swing our arms around and do things our own way, reaching out to hold on to things we don't need and gasping for air instead of trusting that we'll have it...but if we trust in God and relax, we will find two things: (1) we were made to float (it's part of who we are, that is, it relates to bodyfat by analogy) and (2) God's Spirit fills us to keep us afloat.[/quote]


preach it....amen....ditto....etc.

[Quietfire]

If I had to die for God, I'd pray for the strength to die well.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Era Might' post='1130846' date='Nov 29 2006, 10:48 AM']I think the scariest thing about death will be the finality of it all. It's not so much that you are leaving this world, but that you are going to actually face God in judgement. That is the moment you live your whole life for. Have you done his will? Are you holding back something that he will ask an account for? Have you not forgiven someone? The only thing that is really consoling in the face of that judgement is the mercy of God which we cannot comprehend. We think we have a handle on his justice, but not so much his mercy.[/quote]i think you pretty much summed it up for me,

[Groo the Wanderer]

I am only afreiad to die if it has been too long since Reconciliation. Other than that ..no.

2 days ago, I had a big scare. Chest pains, cold sweats, left arm numb...thought I was having a heart attack. I wasn't afraid at all if I were to die. I was only very sad that my baby girl (11) would not have a father to help her finish growing up.

Good news though - the ER said I did not have a heart attack, but they do want me to get a stress test. Definitely made up my mind to do something about this belly though...gonna lose about 40 pounds muy pronto....

[DangerBoy]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1130396' date='Nov 28 2006, 11:39 PM']
Keeping in mind that the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, I would say that I am willing to die for my faith and, more importantly, for my God.

However, we should keep in mind that even St. Joan of Arc wavered before she was martyred...and many others with her. It's hard to put ourselves in the situation, but I am willing to die for God.
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We all die it is just a matter of when and how. I trust that whatever way and whenever that is it is in the Lords hands.

[Mateo el Feo]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1130481' date='Nov 29 2006, 12:45 AM']I think that if anyone desires death, even matyrdom, they should seek help.[/quote]Seek the help of whom?

Quoting St. Alphonsus de Ligouri ([url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/alphonsus/uniformity.viii.html"]link[/url]):[quote name='Uniformity with God's Will--Chapter 6']St. John of Avila was convinced that every right-minded person should desire death on account of living in peril of losing divine grace. What can be more pleasant or desirable than by dying a good death, to have the assurance of no longer being able to lose the grace of God? Perhaps you will answer that you have as yet done nothing to deserve this reward. If it were God’s will that your life should end now, what would you be doing, living on here against his will? Who knows, you might fall into sin and be lost! Even if you escaped mortal sin, you could not live free from all sin. “Why are we so tenacious of life,” exclaims St. Bernard, “when the longer we live, the more we sin?” A single venial sin is more displeasing to God than all the good works we can perform.

Moreover, the person who has little desire for heaven shows he has little love for God. The true lover desires to be with his beloved. We cannot see God while we remain here on earth; [b]hence the saints have yearned for death so that they might go and behold their beloved Lord, face to face[/b]. “Oh, that I might die and behold thy beautiful face!” sighed St. Augustine. And St. Paul: “Having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ.” “When shall I come and appear before the face of God?”exclaimed the psalmist.

A hunter one day heard the voice of a man singing most sweetly in the forest. Following the sound, he came upon a leper horribly disfigured by the ravages of his disease. Addressing him he said: “How can you sing when you are so terribly afflicted and your death is so near at hand?” And the leper: “Friend, my poor body is a crumbling wall and it is the only thing that separates me from my God. When it falls I shall go forth to God. Time for me is indeed fast running out, so every day I show my happiness by lifting my voice in song.”[/quote]

[toledo_jesus]

well, let's get the explosion thing in context.
1. it would be quick

2. it would be pretty sweet.

My primary motivator is #2, I don't want to get fed to a lion or something pedantic like that. Sooo cliche.

No, I say an explosion. Dismantling a bomb in the pope's private jet after I've whisked him to safety a la Air Force One. I mean, after that the rest of living would be pretty dull.

[homeschoolmom]

Well, I don't want to die sliding down a razor banister, I'll tell you that!

[rollingcatholic]

I want to die in a spectacular way, and go out as a martyr. Maybe be thrown into a giant volcano by an evil overlord.

[ardillacid]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1131176' date='Nov 29 2006, 05:56 PM']
Well, I don't want to die sliding down a razor banister, I'll tell you that!
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HEY, thats MY way to die.




thief

[rollingcatholic]

She said she didn't want it.

idiot