I just snagged Fr Richard John Neuhaus's book As I Lay Dying off of our local library's book shelf.
And a Providential and timely snag it proves to be.
Too often, i find myself forgetting how late in time it is, and that, as Fr Neuhaus said, the mortality rate is holding steady at 100%. Which leads me to study my life and live it well so that a good death might naturally follow.
Yeah, death and good in the same sentence. For more on that, you'll have to read the book yourself.