Tag Archives: Heaven

What Ten Saints Said Before Going to Heaven

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

The pursuit of true happiness is always linked to the Cross, which the sublime last words of Saint Andrew the Apostle express so well. “I know the virtue of Thy Holy Cross.” The Latin adage grasps reality so well, talis vita, … Continue reading →

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Final Blessing

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

The following comes from an article by Fr. Dan Cambra, MIC, spiritual director of our Holy Souls Sodality. As members of the Holy Souls Sodality, our ultimate goal is to empty out Purgatory and send all souls to Heaven. When … Continue reading →

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Do dogs go to heaven?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by The Raven

Dominican Cloister, Prague, image credit: Matěj Baťha, Wikimedia One would hope that there will be plenty of “God’s Dogs” in heaven, but what about the standard variety? A surprising and, perhaps welcome, consequence of the doctrine of the resurrection of … Continue reading →

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Save us in the hour of our death, and bring all souls to heaven

Posted on September 1, 2010 by joyfulpapist

Have you noticed that, when someone dies, the platitudes all assume that the deceased has gone straight to heaven? Regardless of religion or lack of it; whatever the known misbehaviour of the deceased? This ubiquitous belief in a better life … Continue reading →

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