prayer for a happy death

Every essay, dispatch, and devotion — arranged in the grammar of the liturgical year.

O Blessed Joseph, who died in the arms of Jesus and Mary, obtain for me, I beseech you, the grace of a…

by the Venerable Bede (673-735) If it so please my Maker, it is time for me to return to Him who created…

Even the saints prayed for a happy death. As humans, we naturally do not seek out death, especially unexpected deaths. Most of…