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Category Archives: Last Things
The Last Judgement
The resurrection of all the dead, “of both the just and the unjust,” will precede the Last Judgment. This will be “the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man’s] voice and come forth, those … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, christian, christianity, church, final judgement, free, religion
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Hell
We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: “He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, christian, christianity, hell, religion, spirituality, theology
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Purgatory: The Final Purification
All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death, they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Last Things, purgatory
Tagged Catholicism, christian, christianity, church, death, Madonna, purgatory, religion, spirituality
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Heaven
Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live for ever with Christ. They are like God for ever, for they “see him as he is,” face to face: By virtue of our apostolic authority, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, christianity, church, eternal life, happiness, heaven, joy, religion, spirituality
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The Particular Judgement
Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ. The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Death, Faith, Last Things
Tagged christianity, death, free, Jesus Christ, judgement, nature, particular judgement, religion, spirituality
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I Believe in Life Everlasting
The Christian who unites his own death to that of Jesus views it as a step towards him and an entrance into everlasting life. When the Church for the last time speaks Christ’s words of pardon and absolution over the … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Faith, Last Things
Tagged christianity, church, death, eternal life, eternity, everlasting life, God, nature, religion, spirituality
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The Meaning of Christian Death
It is better for me to die in (eis) Christ Jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth. Him it is I seek – who died for us. Him it is I desire – who rose for us. … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Faith, Pope Benedict VI, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, christianity, death, Saint Joseph, spirituality
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