Symbolon: Part 1: Session 10: THE LAST THINGS: What Happens After We Die?
Please note: use the document enclosed in the Questions and Comments from the Two Symbolon Participant's Guides field to more effectively prepare for our discussions and to develop your own questions, comments, and observations!!!
Additional Documents:
The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell,
The New Heavens and the New Earth: The Real Rapture,
The Catholic Funeral,
Purgatory, and
Resurrection of the Body.
Please note: Use the Additional Documents field, of this webpage, to find referenced material Please print these articles, review them (include all questions, comments, and/or observations upon reading these excellent articles) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).
Lives of the Saints and Conversion Stories:
St. Faustina Kowalska.
Please note: Use the Lives of the Saints and Conversion Stories field, of this webpage, to find referenced material. Please print these articles, review them (include all -- hey! that sounds like ?????, questions, comments, and/or observations upon reading these excellent life stories) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).
Psalms and Canticles
Psalm 84.
Please note: Use the Psalms and Canticles field, of this webpage, to find referenced material. Please print these articles, review them (include all -- questions, comments, and/observations upon reading these excellent scripture passages) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).
Litanies and Prayers
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
Please note: Use the Litanies and Prayers field, of this webpage, to find referenced material. Please print these articles, review them (include all -- questions, comments, and/observations upon reading these excellent prayers) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) Assignment:
678-679
1033-1041
1005-1014
2548
1020-1029
Please note: Use the CCC articles references above to help build your understanding of this gathering. Please review them (include all -- questions, comments, and/observations upon reading these excellent CCC statements) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).
Small Group Questions The Four Last Things — Suggested Questions for Discussion: 1. What happens when we die, and why can Jesus help us to find an answer? 2. Why do many find it difficult to see death as a beginning? What does it mean to be risen with Christ? 3. What does “the reality of judgment calls all to faith and conversion” mean? 4. What is Hell? 5. If we want eternal life, why do we always need to be ready?
Please note: Use the Small Group Questions listed above for this gathering. Please review them (include all -- questions, comments, and/observations upon reading these excellent discussion topics!) and bring them with you to the next OCIA gathering (class).