IN THE END

The Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio 1603-1604

"Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (Revelation 22:12-13)

Read:
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Psalm 84
John 5:25-29

Study:
1) Handouts:
The Second Coming of Christ; The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell; Purgatory; The New Heavens and the New Earth: The Real Rapture; Resurrection of the Body; Advent; The Catholic Funeral

2) 3MC:
61 – What happens at the end of our lives?
62 – What will we do in Heaven?
63 – What is Purgatory?
64 – What is Hell?

2) CCC 678-679, 988-1014, 1020-1050, 1472, 2548-2550 (YOUCAT 152-165)

Meditate:
How will my life now affect my life for eternity? How can I prepare myself now for a holy death? What is the purpose of death? Why would God who is good allow some to enter into eternal separation from Him? How does purgatory show God's great mercy?

Pray:
Eternal Father, I offer thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits. First, to expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. Second, to purify the good I have done poorly this day and during all my life. Third, to supply for the good I ought to have done and that I have neglected this day and all my life. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Catherine of Siena

Apply:
Am I prepared to die and meet the merciful and just Judge? How can I help others who are dying or facing the death of a loved one?

Extra:
Catholic Encyclopedia: Preparation for Death
Catholic Encyclopedia: Particular Judgement
Catholic Encyclopedia: General Judgement (Final Judgement)
Catholic Encyclopedia: Purgatory
Catholic Encyclopedia: Heaven
Catholic Encyclopedia: Hell
Catholic Encyclopedia: General Resurrection
Catholic Answers: Purgatory
Catholic Answers: The Roots of Purgatory
Catholic Answers: The Hell There Is!
What are the New Heavens and Earth in the Book of Revelation?

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None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (Romans 14:7-9)