The soul, though immortal, has a mortal dwelling place;
Christians live for a time amidst perishable things,
while awaiting the freedom from change and decay
that will be theirs in heaven.

 
Letter to Diognetus, 2nd century

Our home is heaven.
On earth we are like travelers staying at a hotel.
When you’re away, you’re always thinking of home.

 
St. John Vianney, 19th century

Life, long or short, is a journey towards Paradise;
there is our fatherland, there is our real home,
there is our appointment.
Jesus is waiting for us in Paradise.
Never forget this supreme and consoling truth.

 
Ven. John Paul II, 20th century

Though the Eternal One was born for us in time,
let us faithfully long for the day eternal.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

The heaven of the saints is our homeland,
the Father’s House where we are awaited.

 
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, 20th century

In heaven, friends of God and coheirs of Christ,
we shall be subject to no evil desires or inclinations,
or to any affliction of body or soul,
for we shall have become divine.

 
Hippolytus, 3rd century

The glory we look forward to is spiritual,
heavenly, not of this world,
for this world passes away, and all the glory of it.

 
St. Venantius, 3rd century

Our Lord is continually guiding our feet
out of the quagmire of preoccupation of present circumstances
to the solid ground of joy and thanksgiving in the eternal life of heaven,
helping us to rise again from our falls
and to press forward to the fullness of the resurrection
where our bodies will be glorified with Christ Jesus our Savior.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century