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Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
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| Jesus; Luke 10:20 |
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How great will your glory and happiness be:
to be allowed to see God,
to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation
and eternal light with Christ;
to delight in the joy of immortality
with the righteous and God's friends.
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St. Cyprian, 3rd century
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| In God our hearts find joy. |
| Psalm 33:21 |
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While on earth you are already in heaven
if you love the Lord.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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Keep your mind on the things above
rather than on the things of earth. |
| Colossians 3:2 |
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God, only in you do I have everything.
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Bl. Julian of Norwich, 15th century
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Set your hope fully
upon the grace that is coming to you
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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| 1 Peter 1:13 |
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Look on heaven that invites us,
and bear the cross and follow Christ who preceded us;
indeed, after various and many tribulations
we shall enter through Him into his glory.
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St. Clare of Assisi, 13th century
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The dead in Christ will rise first;
we shall be caught up together with them
...to meet the Lord in the air;
and so we shall always be with the Lord.
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| 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 |
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One day we shall be caught up together in the clouds
to meet the Lord...provided that we are concerned here below
to have him with us as our companion on the journey.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century
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| I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. |
| Psalm 23:6 |
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Prayer gives us a foretaste of the calm bliss
of our heavenly home.
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St. Rose of Viterbo, 13th century
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Come, blessed of my Father.
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| Jesus; Matthew 25:34 |
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When the day of our homecoming puts and end to our exile,
frees us from the bonds of this world, and restores us
to paradise and to a kingdom, we should welcome it.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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| Abide in my love. |
| Jesus; John 15:9 |
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Our paradise now, is the Lord Jesus.
Our happiness depends on how we tend and cultivate this paradise.
We have the right to remain there for as long as we want.
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Bl. Anne Marie Rivier, 19th century
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