![]() ![]() He'd come to the reception for selfless reasons, but he now saw that he might get not only a free buzz but free advise from, as it were, two professionals. “.he broached the subject of goodness and its relation to intelligence. I think there’s eternity in every second we’re alive.” It could be a timeless state of grace or bottomless despair. It doesn’t have to mean rejoicing in heaven or burning in hell. Eternity is a mystery to us, just like God is a mystery. He says what to do in the present-as if the present is where you find eternity-and I think that’s right. The rich young man asks about eternity, and Jesus tells him to give away his money. But I’ve read those verses a hundred times. Father Fergus says I have to believe that Jesus is talking about a literal heaven and hell, because that’s what the Church teaches. He seems to say that heaven is loving God and obeying the commandments, and hell is being lost in sin-forsaking God. ![]() And doesn’t that seem strange? If the afterlife is so important? When the rich young man asks Jesus how he might have eternal life, Jesus doesn’t give him a straight answer. ![]() But there’s not much in the Gospel about the afterlife-John is the only one who talks about it. ![]() Sin is real and God’s forgiveness is real. “To me, there’s nothing realer in the world than God, and Satan is no less real. ![]()
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