As I read this, the final days of the Little Flower came to mind: Agonizing Death of St Therese of Lisieux: http://jameslau88.com/agonizing_death_of_st_theres

As I read this, the final days of the Little Flower came to mind: Agonizing Death of St Therese of Lisieux: http://jameslau88.com/agonizing_death_of_st_therese_of_lisieux.html http://jameslau88.com/agonizing_death_of_st_therese_of_lisie... The two death-stories stand in stark relief to one another, but both made me ponderous to nearly the same extent and along nearly the same lines of thought.