Memento mori--Latin for "remember you will die"--refers to the practice of meditation on one's inevitable death. Encouraged by Scripture and the saints, this ancient tradition can help you to manage the chaos of this world, grow closer to God, and focus on heaven.

Meditation on the Last Things--death, judgment, hell, and heaven--is not a dark and depressing practice. Rather, the practice is hopeful and life-changing. It helps people to take stock of their lives, grow closer to God, and to live with renewed purpose and fervour. May this practice open your heart to the work God wants to do in you and through you before your last day on earth, whenever that day might be.

May God find us prepared!