The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting (2025)
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May 19, 2025 Explore the profound journey of life after death and the vital choices we make in faith. Reflect on the immediate aftermath of death and the concept of particular judgment. Discover how embracing God’s will leads to everlasting life, with love and divine grace guiding you. Visualize heaven not merely as a desire but a joyful destiny actively pursued. Fr. Mike emphasizes the transformative outlook on death, inviting us to see it as an entry into eternal joy and communion with God.
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The Moment of Particular Judgment
- At death, we face a particular judgment where we get exactly what we chose in life: God or anything else.
- This moment reflects if we said yes or no to God's will and offers immediate entrance to heaven, purification, or damnation.
Actively Choose Heaven
- Pray to choose heaven, not merely desire it, by saying yes to God with your whole being.
- When you stray, ask God to bring you back and forgive you to remain on the path to eternal life.
Judged by Our Love for Christ
- Our lives are judged in relation to Christ’s life, not in comparison to others.
- The core measure is love—whether we have truly loved God and others as Jesus did.