Hi everyone, new here and has been a while since I’ve used any type of forums. I am an actively practicing Catholic who knows the core of our faith. However, lately I have strongly been struggling with the concept of death and maintaining faith that there will be life after the one I’m currently living in. I suppose I really just need some positive assurance here before I self implode spiritually and emotionally. Thank you.
Peace to all,
To me, We become again manifested by the state of the last spirit selected to become again, for all as one in being in the One God and One Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the fulfilled logical intelligence existion before creation was ever even created becoming again that whom will never fail to know the Holy Spirit Family of God becoming again, like God as One in Being, together.
Peace always,
Stephen
Welcome @Gratia!
I remember as a child, laying in my dark room, when the thought came to me, What happens after we die if there is nothing? This is a terrifying thought.
I don’t know how old you are, but these thoughts creep back up as we age and we have less time here in this life than we have lived.
I know in my own life, as I lose people I love, I begin to think more and more about my own death. After my Grandma passed, I became a bit of a hypochondriac (probably, because of all those pharmaceutical drug commercial on TV). I found it beneficial to mute the television would they would come on. Now I just pay a little extra for the streaming services to not see them and this has nearly healed me of thinking I’m going to die of ovarian c-word (did I mention I’m a man ; )
I have friend who told me her Parents can’t wait to get to Heaven and that they joke about death as a couple.
One of my favorite Bible verses is Matthew 6:34, which says, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself…”
I recently had my first Colonoscopy and I wasn’t looking forward to it. But, once I was on the other side of it, it was not bad at all. I think death is a lot like that. We fear the unknown. Once we get through it, we either won’t remember it (which was my case, because they put me to sleep).
I thought I would feel pain (or violated) after having had it done, but I felt no pain on the other side. The Bible, in Revelation 21:4, says that there will be no more pain, no more tears, and no more death in Heaven.
Talk to God in Prayer about your fear of death. Let Him comfort you.
This brings me to the last thing that brings me comfort. Everyone dies. We are not unique. I love the beautiful stained glass window at the Lutheran Church in my home town. They would have it lit up at night from the inside. It was of Jesus’ agony in the garden. Jesus knows what it is like to suffer and to fear death. His death gives our sufferings meaning. We can unite our suffering and fears to His.
Many of the Saints died brutal deaths. In moments of fear ask your patron Saint to Pray with you, as you Pray, “Come Holy Spirit.”
There was a woman of great faith when I was in Youth Group as a teen. She was awesome and she was dying of leukemia I believe it was. The line at her funeral was in—sane. She taught us how to love and how to suffer gracefully. She was filled with so much joy in the midst of so much pain. And because of this, I know that I will be asking for her Prayers when my time approaches. We are not along when we die. God is with us. The Communion of Saints are with us. Our guardian Angel(s) are with us. And the Prayers of those here on earth are with us. Let this sink in. How much we are loved.
One of my pastors in Virginia (I now live in Pennsylvania) said that, in his experience, people who regularly pray, “Jesus, I trust in you,” are not afraid to die. I pray this every day.
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I love this! Thank you for sharing.