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Here, in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePreparation for Death: A Popular Abridgment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a shortened form of his formidable work on the last moments of life and our duty to prepare for it while we yet have time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eResonating throughout is the profound sense of sin and its awfulness that St. Alphonsus undoubtedly felt and from which he longs to save his flock. He dwells repeatedly on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven, bringing the reader to consider his own eternal destiny. Above all, St. Alphonsus's message is permeated by what seems a prolonged meditation on the words of Our Lord: \"What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?\" The goods of the world are fleeting, and to the Christian, they are even a burden—as St. Paul would say, \"so much trash\"—because \"there is only one thing that is necessary.\" Topics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe certainty of death,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe uncertainty of the time,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe death of the sinner,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe death of the negligent Christian,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe death of the just,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe habit of sin,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelusions of the Devil,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParticular and General Judgments,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe pains of Hell and its eternity,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe remorse of the damned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd more to stir the soul to repentance . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough St. Alphonsus can be a terrible and grave man to hear, it is only from the most unique tenderness and subtlety of his heart that such words can spring. For \"out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaketh,\" and St. Alphonsus's heart was only filled to the brim with genuine desire for innocence and purity of heart in all his spiritual children. It is worth noting he never refused absolution to anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is no better teacher on moral theology to ever grace the Church than St. Alphonsus Liguori. 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