Four Last Things

Suffering ends at death IF we die in the state of grace.


Traditional Catholic theology has distinguished the “Four Last Things” : Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. We are admonished to meditate upon these things frequently. We WILL die, be judged, and spend eternity either in Hell, or in Heaven (likely after some time in purgatory).

Beginning with the end, or starting with the last things, is paradoxically, a good place for Lent to commence.

Regarding Death All men are appointed to die once, and after that face The judgment (Hebrews 9:27) The video posted below is of a song by Johnny Cash on the topic of judgment. Here are some of the words:

You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time,
run on for a long time
Sooner or later
God’ll cut you down

Go tell that long tongue liar,
go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler,
the back biter
Tell ‘em that God’s
gonna cut ‘em down.

We will all one day die, or as the song puts it, be cut down.


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