Last Things First

As the discussion on what - if anything - comes after death continues, there's no debate over whether or not death comes. Believers, atheists, and agnostics have always agreed on one thing: everyone dies. Last Things First shows how taking a realistic look at death can help you focus on life. How overcoming your natural fear about what happens then can encourage you to make better choices now. Learn how to live this life so that you will find joy in the next and how to cooperate with God's unique plan for you. Discover how the teachings of the Church are a sure guide and how the sacraments are invaluable helps for your journey here. Understand particulars about the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, about the Catholic funeral liturgy, about the transition between this temporal life and the eternal life to come. Book jacket.… (more)