Heaven is the fulfillment of our deepest longings, it is a state of supreme, definitive happiness. Therefore, we could logically claim that if our pet's presence is conditional on our definitive happiness, we will find our pet in Heaven. Don Jacques Vautherin answers.
People who are going through ordeals, including non-believers, often say they are in purgatory on earth. Is there a basis for this belief? In other words, can you serve your purgatory on earth? Don Paul Denizot clarifies the matter in the programm Sanctuaires normands on RCF.
Trying to figure out what will happen after the resurrection of the dead is quite tricky. However, a few things can be said about them, and their capacities can be described. Interviewing don Pierre Gazeau for RCF Radio.
When Christians profess their faith in the Creed, they proclaim: “I believe in the resurrection of the flesh”, i.e. the resurrection of bodies. At the end of time, everyone will recover their resurrected body, which we call "glorified". What is the basis for this belief? What are the secrets of resurrected bodies?
What happens at the moment of death? Accordint to the Church, judgment takes place when the soul separates from the body. This encourages us to learn to love and forgive right now.
Since purgatory is a preparatory stage to paradise, it would seem that we spend a certain amount of time there. But the most pressing question is: how much?
Far from being a time to suffer God's vengeance, Purgatory is where we will be purified and learn to love
The physical, sensitive bond with our loved-ones gets violently shattered when they die. When such destructive power hits, what then remains of our ties with the deceased?
We’re all afraid of suffering, and that’s normal. What about suffering at the end of life? What kind of suffering are we talking about? What about assisted suicide? Analysis by don Paul Denizot for the Sanctuaires normands program on RCF.…
Purgatory is not hell. It is the antechamber to paradise, and is both justice and mercy.