Sunday, July 3, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 158 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) Heaven is the endless moment of love. Nothing more separates us from
God, whom our soul loves and has sought our whole life long. Together with all
the angels and saints we will be able to rejoice forever in and with God.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1023)
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 (1 Jn 3:2; cf. 1 Cor 13:12; Rev 22:4): By virtue of our
apostolic authority, we define the following: According to the general
disposition of God, the souls of all the saints… and other faithful who died
after receiving Christ's holy Baptism (provided they were not in need of
purification when they died,… or, if they then did need or will need some
purification, when they have been purified after death,…) already before they
take up their bodies again and before the general judgment - and this since the
Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into heaven - have been, are and
will be in heaven, in the heavenly Kingdom and celestial paradise with Christ,
joined to the company of the holy angels. Since the Passion and death of our
Lord Jesus Christ, these souls have seen and do see the divine essence with an
intuitive vision, and even face to face, without the mediation of any creature
(Benedict XII, Benedictus Deus
(1336): DS 1000; cf. LG 49).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
If you have ever
observed a couple looking at each other lovingly or seen a baby nursing who
looks for his mother’s eyes as though it wanted to store up every smile
forever, then you have some inkling of heaven. To be able to see God face to
face—that
is like one, single, never-ending moment of love.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1024)
This perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity - this communion of life and love
with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed - is
called "heaven." Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the
deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness.
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