Wisdom from Dom Antoine Forgeot

 
 
 

For monks, death is formidable, like a punishment, but it does not frighten us. It is natural. Hope is everything. We are confident that death will not separate the people who have loved each other on this earth.

—Dom Antoine Forgeot of Fontgombault Abbey

quoted in the book, A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life

 

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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. Through extraordinary interviews, he learned that these monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity.

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