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Spirit, in the Body of Christ” (CCC, 364). In Holy Communion, he is the host to Christ Himself,
while He nourishes and “lavishes graces” upon his soul (Diary, # 1278). And then, at the end of
his life, if he dies in the state of God’s grace; his own physical death, at last, also caps his “dying
with Christ;” imitates His total sacrificial love for the Father; and completes, as well, his
“incorporation” into His saving work for man (CCC, 1010; Diary, # 1743).
(3.2) The Suffering at Death of a Sinful Soul: He Dies as He Lived 111
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary on her vision of a sinful soul being separated from its
body in the midst of incalculable suffering. The person who was dying was once the object of the
world’s ovation and dignities; but tragically, his whole life happened as mere nothingness and
sin. Sr. Faustina prayed to Jesus for support, for as she composed this note, she shuddered at the
sight of the terrible things that testified against him. These included the souls of tiny children, as
well as older ones that surfaced from what seemed to be a filthy bottomless depth. These souls
appeared wicked and loathsome, and emerged looking like the most frightful monsters as well as
rotting dead