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#MyCatholicFaith | 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇?
—At death the soul is separated from the body.
The soul is judged by God, and rewarded with heaven, punished with hell, or sent for a time to be cleansed in purgatory. The body begins to corrupt and returns to the dust from which it came.
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗻. “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗻” (𝗥𝗼𝗺. 𝟱:𝟭𝟮).
By their sin, our first parents lost the immortality of the body, for God condemned them to die. “Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return” (Gen. 3:19). Even Jesus Christ and His Mother submitted to death.
𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
God mercifully hidden from us the hour of our death. If we knew when we should die, we might be overcome by fear when the moment approached. Some, besides, might lead sinful lives in the hope of repenting just before their death.
𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 “𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲.
