Death and Its Happy Outcome

By Fr. Paul Jerome Konkler

God is the Architect of progress. God advances things always toward the better. If life on earth is good, Purgatory is better, and Heaven is surely the best. Purgatory is a step up, and Heaven is the peak. Jesus, rising from the tomb, and ascending to His Father's Kingdom, is forever by His graces, drawing us to Himself to share in His victory and glory.When our dear ones die, we tend to be shattered by grief. If we could maintain any sentiment at all of the joys these dear ones are being drawn into, we would find it much easier to let go. By our tendency to cling to them for our own sake, we trigger our sense of loss. We might handle our grief more positively if we focused on desiring their benefit and happiness. Often pain and suffering precede our death. Few are the people who would consciously want a dear one to stay and continue suffering, rather than let go and let them pass on to the more wonderful life God has planned for them. We could even learn to rejoice in their good fortune, and hope to join them when our time on God's calendar has come. To be in Heaven is to be enthralledwith everyone there. We will neverencounter someone who does not love usand enjoy our company. We ourselves willhave been purified of every defect. Wewill treasure and love everyone we meet.And that will be constant and endless, tothe furthest reaches of God's immenseuniverse. Every moment will be perfectand complete in itself. Life goes on inHeaven from perfect experience to flawlessexperience. Each event is its best possible,and one after another.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481885804
• ISBN13: 9781481885805
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"