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What if your final hour isn't the end... but a spiritual battle you can win?

In this powerful episode of Spes et Gaudium, we dive deep into the medieval Ars Moriendi ("The Art of Dying")—a 15th-century guide born during the Black Death that armed Christians with tools for a good death.

Moses shares raw stories from holding friends' hands as they passed (from warm to ice cold) and how this tiny pamphlet (just 11 core pages of woodcuts!) became his guide during a loved one's terminal journey.

We focus on pillar two: the five demonic temptations assaulting the dying soul—lack of faith, despair, impatience, vainglory, and avarice—and the virtues that defeat them (trust, hope, patience, humility, detachment).

With Bible verses, personal examples from walking with Mark (a devout Lutheran facing his last months), and redemptive suffering in action (offering each ache as a prayer for family), this episode explores how to face death with courage, mercy, and hope.

Even beyond Christianity, these insights offer universal wisdom for peaceful endings: accepting mortality, overcoming regret, uniting pain with purpose, and letting go of worldly attachments.

If death is the door to God's infinite mercy, how do we prepare today?

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