The Last Things IV: Heaven

by | Nov 16, 2024 | Newsletter

1023. Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live for ever with Christ. They are like God forever, for they “see him as he is,” face to face. 1024. This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity—this communion of life and love with the...

The Last Things III: Purgatory

by | Nov 8, 2024 | Newsletter

1030. 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. 1031. The Church gives the...

The Last Things II: Judgment

by | Nov 2, 2024 | Newsletter

1021. 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 coming, but also repeatedly...

The Last Things I: Death

by | Oct 26, 2024 | Newsletter

Nicolas Poussin, “Extreme Unction” c. 1638-1640. 1007. Death is the end of earthly life. Our lives are measured by time, in the course of which we change, grow old and, as with all living beings on earth, death seems like the normal end of life… [D]eath...

The Service of Salvation

by | Oct 20, 2024 | Newsletter

Christ defines his saving mission as a service whose highest expression will be the sacrifice of his life for mankind: “For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mk 10:45). These words, spoken to counter...