“when confronted with the reality of death, the essential question concerns not only when and how a person will die, but above all how one lives one’s life
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“However much we may avoid this thought, each of us is moving towards the day when we will leave this world. But the Christian does not ask only: How will I die? The far more important question is: How do I live before I die?
“following the Resurrection of Christ, death can no longer be regarded as the ultimate end of human existence
“does not mourn a death, but celebrates a translation from death to life
“the Church does not seek to provide easy answers to the mystery of death, but instead stands beside those who mourn and offers them the hope of the Resurrection.
“For a Christian, death is not annihilation, describing it as a passage from time into eternity. Even amid grief, the light of the Resurrection remains burning.
“their story illustrates that death is like sleep, from which the faithful will awaken at the Last Judgment.