Truth.

Every good retreat will have at least one preached meditation on the last things. 

It's good that we think about our end, and the end of our loved ones, briefly each day, even if it's for a second. 

It has a way of rectifiying our intentions during the day.

No need for morbid thoughts....instead a happy, bright and clear view of Jesus walking with us, encouraging us on to love until our last breath, using even our own death and physical failings for great good, especially the good of others.   

Even our death should be apostolate, , just as Jesus's was and remains so today.    Our death can have and will have eternal effects.