This Preparation for Death was not originally intended for publication. The Rev. Father Bauduin revised it each month for his own personal use. "Come, come, O Mary, come and take me."

May you, devout reader, be faithful in the regular observance of making this preparation for death every month, and you, like its author, will reap inestimable fruits at your last hour, and in heaven for all eternity.

from the back cover:

Take heed! Take heed! Make no mistake. Do not be foolish. The moment of death is the one which is the least decided by will and desire; it is the echo of life. The few days which will precede my death will probably be those of which it is written: The night cometh when no man can work...