Category Archives: Afterlife
John Burns on Britain’s Oldest Warrior He was a 19-year-old private when he was struck by the burst of a German shell over the British trenches in September 1917 and sent home to recover from his wounds. Working as a plumber in Wells until his retirement, he lived to the age of 111 before he [...]
This is the most moving, lyrical and funny encomium I ever read: The Great Convivium by Father Raymond De Souza, being the homily delivered at the funeral Mass for Richard John Neuhaus. In our first reading the prophet Isaiah has a vision of the Lord’s celestial mountain. In the translation we used we hear of [...]
Urbi et Orbi message of his holiness Pope Benedict XVI From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra – the resurrection of the Lord is our hope” (Sermon 261:1). With these words, the great Bishop explained to the faithful that Jesus [...]
Death on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John Neuhaus Such was the curious bond between Jesus and Mary, in the cradle and on the cross. As a baby he first awoke to the Absolute—to “God”—in the loving presence of a mother who was for him the reassuring field of reality. She was the secure field [...]
In going through the papers of her late husband, Amy Wellborn came across this column Michael Dubriel wrote in 1995 entitled Remembering the Dead. If my great-grandfather was present when visiting his wife’s grave, he would speak to her in his native Polish in a quiet voice as though he was informing her of the [...]
Amy Wellborn on the death of her husband Michael Dubriel. There are stages, there are layers, there are bridges. There is a void, my best friend in the world is just – gone. But in this moment I am confronted with the question, most brutally asked, of whether I really do believe all that I [...]
Abbot Joseph of Mt. Tabor Monastery in California is called to a Mop Up Ministry via Jennifer’s Links I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way many people are going to be saved is if they are rescued at the last minute as they are departing this world. In a sense, I’m being spiritually [...]
Peter Kreeft on the Three Philosophies of Life There are ultimately only three philosophies of life, and each one is represented by one of the following books of the Bible: 1. Life as vanity: Ecclesiastes 2. Life as suffering: Job 3. Life as love: Song of Songs – The reason these are the only three [...]
The Anchoress eulogizes her “birth” brother who died yesterday after A sad painful life. I don’t blame him for not having faith. I can’t think of any example of love he ever encountered that did not – ultimately – get distorted or misrepresented or prove itself to be wholly untrustworthy, not to be counted on, [...]
The First Five Minutes After Death – A three year study will explore the nature of death and consciousness After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience [...]
