Nothing will prepare a smoother death bed for ourselves than a lifelong daily devotion to those who are daily dying.  Mary assisted her Son to die in many mysterious ways.  By His will, and in the satisfaction of her own maternal love, she has now assisted at the death beds of many millions.  She has great experience by this time, if we might speak, and is wonderfully skilled in the science of the last hour.  By prayerful thoughts, by pious practices, by frequent ejaculations, by the usages the Church has indulgenced, let us win a bright and gentle end for ourselves by following Mary everywhere to the death beds she attends. 

   Father Faber