Eternal Life

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  Word of God  
 
Happy is the people
whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 33:12
 


We are meant to belong to the Lord
and to live with him forever.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Let hearts rejoice
that seek the Lord.
Psalm 104:3
 


In God, there is happiness forever.

 
Bl. Celine Borzecka, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
We are God’s children now,
what we will be has not yet appeared.
1 John 3:2
 


Jesus bestowed on us the dignity of his own divine nature
and prepared for us a place of eternal rest
where there will be joy so intense
as to surpass all human imagination.

 
St. Basil the Great, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Whoever believes in the Son
has eternal life.
Jesus; John 3:36
 


Be assured
that through Christ you gain your place in heaven
and in the Kingdom of God.

 
Tertullian, 3rd century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
This is what he has promised us,
eternal life.
1 John 3:25
 


Eternal life consists of
the joyous community of all the blessed,
a community of supreme delight;
everyone will share all that is good with all the blessed. 

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
The sufferings of this present time
are not worth comparing with the glory
that is to be revealed to us.
Romans 8:18
 


Our labors do not deserve the blessings
that are to come.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Whoever believes in the Son
has eternal life.
Jesus; John 3:36
 


We are already participants
in the glory and bliss of Jesus Christ;
we shall be there one day in reality.

 
Bl. Columba Marmion, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Love the Lord, all you his Saints.
Psalm 31:23
 


Exercise self discipline, for you are God’s athlete,
and the prize is immortality and eternal life.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century

 

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