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Behind
monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the
passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to
find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by
everyone—the end of life. How
to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and
other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries
including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through
extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death
experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain,
humility, sorrow, and joy. These
monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else,
Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and
simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength,
they are like happy and naïve children who wait with impatience to
open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.
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