{"product_id":"death-isnt-terrible","title":"Death Isn't Terrible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #996600; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath Isn't Terrible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #996600; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel A. Lord, S.J.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel A. Lord, S.J. (April 23, 1888 - January 15, 1955) was a popular Catholic writer. He receive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM.A. in Philosophy from St. Louis University and later was ordained as a priest in 1923.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath Isn't Terrible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath, admittedly, one would wish to postpone for as long as possible. But to live always, without\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eend—this, all things considered, can only be monotonous and ultimately unbearable. This is precisely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe point made, for example, by Saint Ambrose, one of the Church Fathers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Death was not part of nature; it became part of nature. God did not decree death from the beginning; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe prescribed it as a remedy. Human life, because of sin ... began to experience the burden of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewretchedness in unremitting labour and unbearable sorrow. There had to be a limit to its evils; death \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehad to restore what life had forfeited. Without the assistance of grace, immortality is more of a burden \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethan a blessing... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath is, then, no cause for mourning, for it is the cause of mankind's salvation”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis booklet, \"Death Isn't Terrible\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a good resource to help understand the Christian hope of\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverlasting Life in Jesus Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catholic Society of Evangelists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48517681807577,"sku":"DIT1e","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/2790\/0377\/files\/DeathIsntTerrible_fc.jpg?v=1777733224","url":"https:\/\/catholic-soe.org\/products\/death-isnt-terrible","provider":"Catholic Society of Evangelists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}