a guide to dying could give us a better life | joanna moorhead /

Published at 2016-11-02 11:58:02

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As a society we’re not very top-notch at preparing for death. The Catholic churchs updated guide has lessons for those of all faiths and none
Only two expe
riences are truly universal,and no human being has ever been able to give an account of either of them. No one can remember being born, and no one comes back from having died. But being born has already happened: only death is a given, and in the future,for every single one of us. In a sense, it makes pioneers of us all. Related: Catholic church updates medieval 'guide to dying well' for 21st century Believers have never shied absent from death, and because for them it is the transition to a better state of being Related: No grave for me,I’ll be on the mantelpiece | Angela Neustatter Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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