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This is the best catholic book ever written on preparing for death. The scholarship in this book is enormous. The book shows us that we are here to prepare our souls for heaven. The author uses the most logical and forceful arguments to show us this is the case. Point by point, he shows us why we are on earth, the vanity of life and the distractions people attend to instead of working to save themselves. The underlying theme of the book is that this world is a place of suffering and preparation for heaven and that is in heaven that we will be perfectly and eternally happy. People in this age may laugh at such ideas. That want everything here on earth. But how, writes the author, can anyone be really happy when there are so many problems and suffering in the world? He has an excellent point. He writes that God makes it easy for us to save our souls and that it would be foolish not to take advantage of prayers,mass and all the other helps God gives us. I couldn't agree more.

You MUST read this book!

I have read this book about 5 times already. It is short but so thorough that you will not be disappointed if you believe in hell and want to avoid going there when you die.

St. Alphonsus breaks down this treatise into short sections on the pains of hell, the reality of hell, the ways to avoid going there, and most helpful are prayers following each section that are most helpful for turning to Mary and Jesus for spiritual weapons to protect us against the pains of hell, which are for ever.

A must read for all Catholics, and all Christians who believe in hell. Please buy this book and read it often. You will not regret it.

"Nothing is more precious than time; but there is nothing less esteemed and more despised by the men of the world" says St. Alphonsus in this "little book that has cost me a great deal" Published at in 1758 at the age of 62, this work brings home the fact that none of us knows when or where we will die, only that we shall. Will it be a good death, in the Grace of God or a bad one? It is up to you, to always be prepared. We are not promised tomorrow, nor even the next hour. The hours we have wasted will come back to taunt us when our time has come; what we wouldn't pay for an extra month or day or hour. "The days of salvation pass away, and no one reflects that day which has passed can never return" This may sound all very depressing and rather sad but it's really a book of hope and joy: We still have time to repent, to go to Confession, to amend our lives and to make reparation. We still have time to thank Him that we did not die in our past sins. A virtual must-read for every Catholic home.

St. Alfonsus has compiled the definitive book on the undeniable fact that all of us must one day die and that we will then spend eternity in either heaven or hell. Hell is discussed and its reality and that, if we die with a mortal sin on our soul, we will go to the eternal fires. This is a wake-up call to all moderate and liberal thinking today by Catholics and other denominations. Many excellent sources quoted, all tied together to support the traditional Catholic Truths. His greatest book, along with "The Glories of Mary."

One can have eternal salvation and the way one gets it is when you (the reader) confess with your mouth as well as believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Son of God, accept Him as your personal savior and you shall be saved(have eternal life-forever). One also has to read the word of the Holy Bible, as well as pray to Christ daily (and ask Him to forgive you of the evil sins you have committed). You have to be truthful in what you say(in Prayer to Christ) because He knows everything, but as long as you mean it(then everything will be okay.)No one wants to go to Hell but then many will go because they never accepted Christ into their lives. Get this book(it is optional) but i suggest you get the Holy Bible ESV so you can be aware of All the Real Truth(That Christ has left on this Earth). The Holy Bible is the Word of God. So get it. If this planet has a government, and it has prisons, we then have not seen the spiritual but we can't take that chance, one has to believe in Christ in order for one and all not to go to hell/sheol for eternity.