Death - The Final Frontier

DEATH is the ultimate truth for all living things in this place we call home.  For human beings, at one point in time, sperm met egg and life was created.  That point of time is the start of our relationship with God. In the future, we will take a final breath and our life will be claimed by death as the result of our forefather's original sin. But, does death bring the finality of absolute nothingness that we mortals fear?  I think not.  In the act of procreation, man and woman create more than just a physical body, they, through God, infuse forever this new creature with a soul that can never die. Our souls are meant for eternity and not for mortality.  Our souls are that which make us who we are and they are never, ever, satisfied until they can behold the Face of God.  That is why heaven is so wonderful, God is there, we can see Him and that is why hell is so awful because God is not there and forever we are restrained in our bondage and we can never see God.

From the time of Moses, it was known that the dead shall not be dead forever but rather that they shall rise on the last day and be resurrected and will attain a glorified and immortal body that will never see sickness or pain or decay.  The first of these bodies was that of Christ who defeated death and the second was Mary His mother who would be assumed into heaven to await the last days when all of us will arise and no decay or corruption shall be able to touch us again. 

Can I ask you today to please say a rosary for the Poor Souls in Purgatory?  They need our prayers.