The fact of the matter is we don’t know what happens after we die. We can believe, be sure, be confident, even “know” what will happen...but we don’t know.
(21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. 23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: 24 And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. 25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
(22 "Abraham's bosom"... The place of rest, where the souls of the saints resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death.
(26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. 27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, 28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
(31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
There are numerous Church approved books the reveal MANY cases of Catholics, and Saints, that have come back from the dead to reveal what happens after death. The Church doctrines infallible tell us what happens after death. If persons choose not to believe them, they are just like Lazarus's relatives. If they hear not the Catholic Church and the Saints, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
(Luke 16:19-31) There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
(21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. 23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: 24 And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. 25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
(22 "Abraham's bosom"... The place of rest, where the souls of the saints resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death.
(26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. 27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, 28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
(31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
There are numerous Church approved books the reveal MANY cases of Catholics, and Saints, that have come back from the dead to reveal what happens after death. More importantly, the Catholic Church's doctrines infallible tell us what happens after death. If persons choose not to believe them, they are just like Lazarus's relatives. If they hear not the Catholic Church and the Saints, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
(Luke 16:19-31) There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
(21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. 23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: 24 And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. 25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
(22 "Abraham's bosom"... The place of rest, where the souls of the saints resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death.
(26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. 27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, 28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
(31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
There are numerous Church approved books the reveal MANY cases of Catholics, and Saints, that have come back from the dead to reveal what happens after death. More importantly, the Catholic Church's doctrines infallible tell us what happens after death. If persons choose not to believe them, they are just like Lazarus's relatives. If they hear not the Catholic Church and the Saints, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
Blasphemer!!