The Monk Who Never Judged Anyone and Died Joyfully
Coming up on the Sunday of the Last Judgment, we might feel a stirring of some of those fears we have, deep down, of that Judgment Day. But there is a trick. We actually have a large amount of control over how we are judged. Christ says, Judge not, and you will not be judged. […]
A Few Glimpses beyond Death
Here are some stories of what happens beyond the death of this body, and not mere stories, but ones passed down to us from the experience of the saints. A great place to start is to read the life of St. Theodora of Constantinople. But there are several more which are well worth mentioning…
Is “Heaven Is for Real”, for real?
Not too many years ago a book, Heaven Is for Real, came out about a three-year-old boy dying, going to heaven, and coming back to life. It certainly generated quite a lot of interest and has been widely read (and viewed, after being adapted into a movie). The story, retold by the boy’s father from […]
“Do the People on Earth Know What Awaits Them?”
Now…finally…we make it to one of the best examples to help bring clarity to our questions about what happens after we die. I have shared several warnings: warnings about those who were not dead for long and have limited knowledge of life after death, warnings that our preconceptions can cloud our reasoning in these matters, […]
What Happens? No Nice, Tidy Answer.
One of the first aspects of these after-death experiences that jumps out to the reader is how different they are from each other. How could they all be true, if they are so different? I am going to assume that all of those experiences passed down to us by saints are trustworthy, and yet, even […]