WILL OF THE FATHER

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.
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Most of us have experienced death in the family or death of a friend. And death would always give us sadness and worry – worrying for those who were left behind. But have we even worried if our friend who died would reach heaven? Surely, we are not a judge of that. Only the Lord God can decide. But we can always pray for his soul that he may eventually meet the Father in eternal life.

God is offering us the perfect happiness in heaven. In fact, He has given us that happiness through His Son, Jesus Christ, because He loves each and every one of us.

To share eternal life with God after our earthly death, we must believe and obey all of his teachings. We must believe in our one and only Lord and Savior, who is Jesus Christ. Then follow His commandments: that is love God and love others. And the happiness we would experience would be absolute and never relative, lasting forever because we would be with God who is perfect.

What must I do to attain eternal happiness? My friend, I know deep down inside you already know the answer.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, in glorifying Jesus and sending us your Spirit, You open the way to eternal life. May my sharing in this Gift increase my love and make my faith grow stronger. Send Your Spirit to cleanse my life so that the offering of myself to You may be pleasing to You. May my sharing in the Eucharist, our Bread of Life, bring me eternal life.

Amen +

Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.