Is Death The End Or Just The Beginning ?

 First of all I felt compelled to write this post as a friend of mines wife has stage 4 cancer and has about 2 weeks to live. Many people in other faiths believe that when we die, that is the end. They believe that their loved one is gone never to return. Yes they feel that they will never see them again. Well I do not believe that, in fact I believe it is only the beginning of an awesome life in eternity with Jesus Christ, God The Father, The Holy Spirit and all of our loved ones that have gone on before us.
 I have seen many individuals that have spoken about their near death experiences. Now some of it may be false, because not everyone goes to heaven At least not right away. There are many passages in the Holy Bible that speak about Heaven. There are also many things that point out the fact that there are many in Heaven. For example about having a great cloud of witnesses in heaven. There is also about to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ. Also when Jesus said that his father has many mansions in Heaven for us. Why would there be places for us if it were the end and we were no more.

  

The Catholic Church And The Holy Bible

 Well first off I wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019 to everyone. Okay back to the subject about the Catholic Church and The Holy Bible. Many individuals in other religions, such as Pentecostals, Protestants and others have a notion in their heads that Catholics do not read the Bible. This is just another example of people that do not realize exactly what we do in the Catholic Church.
 Many people do not generally see a Catholic carrying around a Bible with them wherever they go. I know way back I was brought up Catholic, met my wife in my 20s and ended up in the Pentecostal Assembly Of God Church. I can remember a friend of my wife's asking her if she really wanted to marry me, because I did not carry a Bible with me all the time. Her friend was actually in the Baptist Church.
 Most of the individuals from these other faiths were very good at memorizing scripture and spouting it back out to try and convert someone. I actually started doing that same thing while in the Pentecostal Church. I carried the Bible with me and was reading it all the time at work. It came to a point when I left that faith, because I was judging everyone and everything, even my own mother. I realized that this was wrong, because I have always believed in Jesus Christ. Through the Eucharist I have an even deeper relationship with Jesus than they ever will. He is in me and I am in him.
 What people do not realize is that if they went to Mass every day they would have read through the whole Bible.

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