dispensed Faith believers not of the fear of death. It alleviates the fear but by hope. In the Preface of the Mass of All Souls that "oppression are also Fate of certain death, so comforted by the promise of future immortality. "
There are a shocking testimony that also comes from Russia. 1972 in an underground magazine, a text was published: a prayer that had been found in the pocket of the soldier Aleksander Zacepa. The soldier had written a few moments before the battle in which he lost in World War II life. It reads:
"Hear, O God! Not once in my life I have spoken to you. But today I feel like to be happy with you.
you know from childhood they have always told me that you're not there - and I fool I believed it. I have never seen your work. This night, however, I have looked out of the crater grenades to the star sky. And fascinated by its shimmering, I immediately understood how terrible can be the deception. I know not, O God, if you'll hand me your hand. But I say to you, and you understand me.
Is not it strange that appeared to me in the middle of a terrible inferno, the light and I see you? In addition, I have to say anything to you. I'm just happy because I knew thee. At midnight attack we have, but I'm not afraid, so you look at us.
Since the signal! I must go. Nice it was together with you. I want to tell you - and you know it - that the battle will be hard, it may be that I will knock on your door this night. And even if I was not your friend until now: When I come - you will engage me?
What's happening? I weep?
My God, you see what has happened to me. Only now I began to see clearly ... I salute you, God. I go - and will probably come back any more. Funny, now I fear death no longer makes. "
