Hagiography corner:
Saint Barbara is invoked against sudden death. In earlier centuries that meant lightning, fire, and collapsing mine shafts — which is how she became the patron saint of miners and artillerymen.
Strip away the historical costume and what remains is quietly practical: don't let anything important depend on advance warning. Say what shouldn't stay unsaid. Keep your affairs in order — not out of morbidity, but so that uncertainty never becomes someone else's burden. And don't leave to "someday" the things that can't wait for it.
