Um, a strong desire to live at any age is not exclusively Catholic. I am a Baptist and would take the same position. As an attorney, I also encourage others who are staunchly prolife to have their living wills written to incorporate their prolife beliefs. It's actually fairly involved, lots of things you might not think of, but it can be set up in advance, while you're still independent.
I do the same as an attorney.
If people believe in death being between them and God, it has almost reached the point of having to have a legal document that says so.
Also, no one can lay their hands on the doc when the car wreck or whatever happens, so I encourage churches to start a filing system for the docs because your pastor will know you have been in a car wreck and can calmly produce it.
Your lawyer may not get notified and your paper docs may be in disarray at home or not retrievable by a panicked family member.
She wasn’t referring to the desire to live, but rather it is very common that Catholics offer their pain and suffering to God for mercy. This is not so common with other religions that usually have a “take what you get” approach to suffering as opposed to a send it up to God approach.