Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP is a religious sister at the forefront of the movement to revive this practice in the Church. References to the "Memento Mori" in Catholic writings The Latin phrase "Memento Mori", meaning “Remember you must die”, was influential in art and religious life dating back to Medieval Europe. Memento mori (Latin: "remember that you have to die") It is a Roman Catholic practice of reflection on ones mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. Embracing ‘memento mori’ year-round. In a follow up to her popular lenten retreat book Remember Your Death: Memento Mori Lenten Devotional, Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble has compiled an excellent prayer book to aid in our earthly journeys entitled Memento Mori: Prayers on the Last Things. The devotional, which guides the reader through Lent, includes daily Scripture passages, Lenten meditations, memento mori-themed examinations, intercessory prayers, … Memento Mori: Prayers on the Last Things is a beautiful prayer book that helps you pray with and meditate on death and the afterlife. The journal contains an introduction to the practice of memento mori, as well as prayers and quotes from the church fathers, saints, and scripture. And it did snot disappoint. But the tradition of remembering one’s death stretches back to the very beginning of salvation history. “I haven’t read him. The devotional was designed by Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble to help others meditate on the moments of their lives and ultimately remember Christians hope in the Resurrection -- made possible through Christ's victory over sin and death. But after how impactful Remember Your Death: Memento Mori A Lenten Devotional and Remember Your Death: Memento Mori Journal were I had high expectations for this prayer book. At one point I had Copies of the handbook in my desk at … The devotional, which guides the reader through Lent, includes daily Scripture passages, Lenten meditations, memento mori-themed examinations, intercessory prayers, … Remembrance of the Last Things, beginning with death, opens our hearts to the work God wants to do in us before our last day on earth. Emily DeArdo’s Living Memento Mori: My Journey through the Stations of the Cross, is a little book that packs a big spiritual punch.. A couple of years ago when I first started seeing books on the topic of memento mori (several of which were written by Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, fsp, who also wrote the foreword to this book), I wasn’t sure what to make of the whole idea. Not since discovering The Handbook of Prayers edited by Reverend James Socias have I found a prayer book so beneficial. Memento Mori: Prayers on the Last Things is a beautiful prayer book that helps you pray with and meditate on death and the afterlife. “Oh really?” he said.