Memento Mori

Pope Francis smiling and giving a thumbs-up with text "Memento Mori?" and "no worries... 'I GOT THIS!!'" against a background featuring a skull with Catholic text."

A Jesuit to the Core: Pope Francis Manifests Sincere Practice of Exercises

Too traditional to be understood today in American Catholicism, and despite the constant grind against him by the news, and the ill feelings generated by those within the Church, Francis is teaching well, thank God — A Jubilee of Mercy and why his thoughts of death produced it.

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Carved stone with Latin text "Tempus Fugit" and "Memento Mori." The carving is in a light beige color, featuring an hourglass symbol. This reflects Catholic themes of mortality and the passage of time."

Until the Choir Sings “Amen” – One Easy Secret to a Happy Death

“Life is a play in which for a short time one man represents a judge, another a general, and so on; after the play no further account is made of the dignity which each one had.” –St. John Chrysostom It’s that time of year when we ought to have been focused on the eleventh and…

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A detailed religious icon depicting the Last Judgment with Jesus at the top, surrounded by saints and angels. Below, souls are separated into heaven and hell with vivid reds, golds, and dark tones. Catholic themes of judgment and salvation are prominent.

All Souls Day – One key to a clean heart – The Beginning of Memento Mori

Praying for the dead was ordered by the apostles, according to St. John Chrysostom. But how can praying for dead help us? Why do it when they are out of sight, out of mind? Are there special persons for whom we should pray today?

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