Let’s get the bad news out of the way right off the bat: we’re all going to die. While we may not think about it very often, death is inevitable. It often takes a personal brush with death or the illness or loss of a loved one to make us even consider our own mortality. Whether you fear it or would be willing to face it with courage, you can’t avoid death. When Christians talk about death, we are speaking of the end of our earthly lives… the moment where an individual’s soul separates from his or her body (which will decay while awaiting resurrection at Jesus’ return.)
But if we all die, what happens next? In Catholic tradition, death is the first of the “last four things” – death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. [Read more…] about The Last Four Things
