Preparation a la Mort, ou Considerations sur les Maximes Eternelles

Au Bureau de la S C des Livres de Piété, Clermont-Ferrand 1833, translated from the original Italian. Binding tight, small chip out of top right of spine, marbled endpapers and edges, foxing, protected by no-touch cover

Ouvrage utile à tous les Fidèles pour pratiquer l'oraison, et aux Prêtres pour la Prédication.

A useful work for all the Faithful to practice prayer, and for Priests for Preaching. Saint Alphonsus Liguori could not not write a book on death. And the least we can say is that he is quite exhaustive on the subject, since he offers us 37 considerations on death, each consideration itself being divided into 3 points. To do this, he comments on a prayer to the Virgin, the Salve Regina. The pastoral value of the work is clear: even if, at the beginning, Saint Alphonsus seeks to scare sinners by speaking to them about death, quite quickly, he considers death as the encounter with Christ, the beginning of eternal life, for which it is worth preparing. In our world that no longer wants to talk about death, this book is a true source of hope...