In the Cathedral at Worcester is an ancient slab bearing as its inscription the solitary word, "MISERIMUS"—"Most Miserable.”
Down in the Catacombs underneath Rome, those vast underground chambers of the dead where early Christians endeavored to hide from their fierce persecutors, engraved on a stone embedded in the wall stands this beautiful word, "FELICIMUM" "Most happy.”
If you were to be laid in your grave this week, which of those Latin inscriptions would most truly represent your condition?