The Four Last Things

"He who meditates on the Four Last Things, namely, death, judgment, and
the eternity of hell and paradise, will not fall into sin."

- St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Rule of Life, I.2, circa 1767

"Worldly people call illnesses misfortunes, but the saints call them visitations of God and favors."

Worldly people call illnesses misfortunes, but the saints call them visitations of God and favors. When we are ill we ought certainly to take remedies in order to be cured, but we should always be resigned to whatever God disposes.

– St. Alphonsus De Liguori