On the 26 of November 1892, Cardinal Lavigerie dies in Algers.
In 1964 his body was translated in his final resting place, the Generalate House of the Missionaries of Africa in Rome
In the evening of life when,
after long years of work and suffering,
your tired hands will hand on to others the tools of your work…
you will thank God for having used your weakness to carry out His plan.
(Thoughts of Cardinal Lavigerie, 451, 26)
Death would only be frightening if it was not followed by the resurrection.
Our Lord manifested His power much more after His Resurrection
than before His death and not only did He not avoid death,
but He sought and desired it,
because He knew that it was according to His Father’s plan.
(Thoughts of Cardinal Lavigerie, 454, 203)
