By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Catholics habitually acknowledge death. The crucifix hangs in every Catholic sanctuary. We recite the “Hail Mary” that concludes: “…pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” The Stations of the Cross not only remember the suffering and death of Jesus but include our rendezvous with death: “My most sweet Jesus, I will not refuse the Cross…; I accept it; I embrace it. I accept in particular the death Thou hast destined for me; with all the pains that may accompany it; I unite it to Thy death, I offer it to Thee. ...