The final journey... on tiptoe. Meditation, prayer, and testimony before the mystery of death

The final journey from earthly life to eternal life, passing through death, is never painless; it is always a separation, a wrench. We await a life that lasts forever, a life in the fullness of joy, a life immersed in the heart of God and held in his embrace. This book will support you when people dear to you die, helping you, together with them, to experience the birth of a new relationship of communion through reflection and prayer. The fundamental attitude before the great “mystery” of the final journey is to approach it gently and respectfully. Death is a passage that calls for respect, silence, and prayer. We wish to help sustain, with dignity and faith, the spirituality of living and dying, confident that we unite ourselves with our departed loved ones through intercessory prayer, awaiting the final encounter.