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.
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.
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