4 ways Catholics can sanctify matters of serious illness & death.

- ask God for greater faith, hope, & charity, daily.  Build great trust in God. He is with us in every detail & decision surrounding illness & death. He is the Master of Life & Death.

-seek (& later give) “formation” (including Church teaching) on matters of death and dying. This isn’t just ‘Father’s or Deacon’s job’; this is the grave responsibility of every confirmed Catholic.  

Build a lively interior life when dealing with illnesses & death; we need grace to die well & to help others deal with illness & to die well (via: mental prayer, frequent & good use of the Sacraments, including Mass,  Holy Communion, Confession, spiritual direction, acts of charity, faith, hope, the Rosary). 

Learn how to “convert” the endless temporal & ordinary realities of serious illness (pains, doctor visits, changing bed sheets..) into closer union & intimacy with God using conversational prayer, “little offerings” to Him.