ETERNAL LIFE
Our
Saviour, Jesus Christ, promised us eternal life, if we stay faithful to His
teachings. Here is a question, how many
of us ever give much thought to what that really means? There is no easy
answer. However i will attempt to voice
my own views on this topic, and pray that they may steer some souls back to
God.
Let
us start with the grey haired brigade, of which i am proud to be a member
of. The old, the wrinkled and tired
members of our faith, without whose courage and staying power there would be no
faith in the world today. Now compare
the age of an eighty years old soul with that of the soul of a newly born baby
who has just been baptised. We can’t,
there is none. All souls are ageless and
eternal. It is only the body in which
the soul is encased, that ages due to it being temporary. During
its stay in the body the soul does not age, what it does is, increase its
knowledge of God, of life, wisdom add love.
The spiritual growth of a soul depends on the will of the person in
whose body it resides. The soul will
live on after its earthly body dies, for the soul is life.
Eternal
life in its entirety means a complete union with God in paradise. Eternal death is the complete separation from
God to the realm of Satan in hell. That
is why we should never forget when all earthly creation has ended; every soul
will receive its new body, irrespective of where their destination lies. The
Lord God Himself has assured us of this.
Through some of the teachings of the church fathers, we have come to
understand, in all probability; the moment we leave this body we gain all Gods
knowledge of creation. If so, it would
give us a clearer understanding of purgatory.
For reasons, known only to God, we are not ready for union with God? we
are sent there to be purged of any remaining defects. Unfortunately with our new found knowledge of
God causes great distress, until we are fully united in God. I believe this is the real agony of
purgatory. We who remain on earth must
constantly pray for the speedy release of the holy souls. About hell no comment is needed. I hope and pray that people will understand
the Importance of staying close to God, by means of his established church here
on earth. We must take advantage of all
the graces, Christ earned for us on Calvary.
A greater effort is needed if we are to change our way of life
We
need to focus on our spiritual life and less on the things of this life if we
are to avoid the gates of hell. There
are no ifs, ands, or buts, this is a must.
Seventy per cent of Catholics living in the western world have been
lured away from the church, being brainwashed into believing the world has the
answer to all our problems. Its offer of
happiness, peace, joy, prosperity, and a distorted sense of love, is utter
rubbish. Take a moment; ponder on the
state of today’s world. You will realise
the emptiness of these promises. Sadly,
separation from God and His church has little or no consequence to very many
Catholics today. The demise of the faith
among the laity is due to their lack of knowledge of it. Failure to know about God and His Blessed
Mother, and failure to involve them in our daily lives has led to this
disaster. But we must never lose hope in
God. No one, absolutely no one, is ever
beyond the saving grace of God. We have
only to seek that grace and it will be granted.
That is the choice every one of us has to make. God does not force anyone to love Him. He offers us the choice of eternal life or
eternal death. God’s desire is for every
soul to pick life and He encourages us to do so every day of our lives. However God will respect any decision we make
and on that decision we will be judged accordingly. We must be more attentive to Gods words
preached by the priests at every mass. It is through the ear the word of God
reaches the soul. Eternal life is forever,
be it in paradise or hell, a truth we can’t escape from
GOD
BLESS
