See this online ebook & audiobook:
- Preparation for Death; or, Considerations on the Eternal Maxims, Useful for All as a Book of Meditations, etc., by Saint Alphonsus M. Liguori, translated by an Italian clergyman, approved by the Right Reverend Bishop Fitzpatrick, 8th edition (Boston: Thomas Sweeney, 1854). With episcopal approbation. Available in multiple formats (epub, pdf, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library. Also available at HathiTrust Digital Library, and (with some pages accessible to members only) at ForgottenBooks.
- What appears to be a modification with modernized English of this translation is available in pdf format in 4 parts (Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV) at Documenta Catholica Omnia; and in pdf format in 4 parts (Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV) at Good Catholic Books: Saint Alphonsus de Liguori.
- The audiobook is available in 2 parts at the Youtube channel Classic Catholic Audiobooks: Part 1 and Part 2.
On the commemoration of Saint Liborius of Le Mans in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and on the feast of Saint Charbel Mahkluf (Sharbel Maklouf) in the Maronite Rite. Catholic Christians arranging funeral rites may also read A Planner for Catholic Funerals.
From sudden and unrepentant death… oh, Lord, deliver us!
[Edited on 22 April 2016 in response to the comment of reader Jane MacIlshenaich. Further edited on 31 December 2017 to add links.]
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This free ebook has been edited by a Protestant. All original references by Saint Alphonsus to Our Lady and purgatory have been deleted.
Thank you very much for the comment. I’ve edited the entry to include links to a Catholic translation. God bless you.
Thank you for warning people of this. By God’s grace I was reading the Glories of Mary at the same time as this misleading version of Preparation for Death and this alerted me that he had deleted all references to Our Lady from St Alphonsus’ original. Tragic.
Saint Alphonsus teaches,
“He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins”
May God have mercy on the soul of Orby Shipley and all those poor souls he has led astray.
i have downloaded the books preparation for death
Thank you, sir, and may it be a blessing indeed.
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