THE STUDY OF END TIMES

 What happens to us when we die?  IN DEATH BODY AND SOUL ARE SEPARATED. THE BODY DECAYS, WHILE THE SOUL GOES TO MEET GOD AND WAITS TO BE REUNITED WITH ITS RISEN BODY ON THE LAST DAY

 IN VIEW OF JESUS’ SUFFERING AND DEATH, DEATH ITSELF CAN BECOME EASIER. WE MUST TRUST IN GOD AS JESUS DID AND UNITE OURSELVES WITH CHRIST’S SUFFERING ON THE CROSS.  IF WE DIE IN UNION WITH GOD AND AT PEACE WITH ALL WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO COMMUNION WITH THE RISEN CHRIST

 ETERNAL LIFE BEGINS WITH BAPTISM AND CONTINUES THROUGH DEATH AND WILL HAVE NO END.

 OCCURS AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH  YOU CAN NO LONGER REPRESS OR CONCEAL ANYTHING  NOTHING MORE CAN BE CHANGED  GOD SEES US AS WE ARE  WE MUST BE “RIGHT” WITH HIM IF SO WE WILL JOIN HIM IN HEAVEN  OR …MAYBE STILL BE IN NEED OF PURIFICATION  OR MAYBE WE TURN FROM GOD

 HEAVEN IS ENDLESS LOVE  NOTHING MORE CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD WHOM WE LOVE AND HAVE SOUGHT OUR WHOLE LIFE.  TO SEE GOD FACE TO FACE

 NOT A PLACE BUT A CONDITION  SOMEONE WHO DIES IN GOD’S GRACE BUT WHO STILL NEEDS PURIFICATION  PROBABLY AWAITS MOST OF US  IT IS EXPERIENCING BURINING SHAME AND PAINFUL REMORSE OVER OUR FAILURES TO LOVE

 WE CAN HELP THE SOULS IN PURGATORY BY PRAYING FOR THEM, BY RECEIVING THE EUCHARIST AND DOING GOOD WORKS.  THE PERSON WHO HAS DIED NO LONGER CAN DO ANYTHING FOR HIMSELF

 HELL IS THE CONDITION OF EVERLASTING SEPARATION FROM GOD, THE ABSOLUTE ABSENCE OF LOVE.  SOMEONE WHO WITH FULL CONSENT DIES  IN SERIOUS SIN WITHOUT REPENTING AND REFUSES GOD’S MERCIFUL FORGIVING LOVE EXCLUDES HIMSELF FROM UNION WITH GOD AND THE SAINTS  OUR FREE WILL ALLOWS THIS TO BE POSSIBLE

 TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF THE WORLD  AT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST  THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD TO THE RESURRECTION OF LIFE  THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL TO THE RESURRECTION OF FINAL JUDGEMENT