A Message From Our Pastoral Staff
HOW DO WE GET TO HEAVEN?
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a GPS to guide us to heaven? Sorry, that doesn’t exist. However, we have heard God through the Bible and from Jesus how this is possible. God gave us the 10 Commandments as a very basic start.
I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.”
The Ten Commandments are a description of the basic freedom from sin that is necessary to live as a Christian. Knowing this was not enough, God sent His only Son, Jesus, to give us ways to live.
To Love God and Love your neighbor.
To help us further, when He began His teaching, Jesus gave us, eight statements of correlating blessing, instruction, and promise, which have come to be known as the beatitudes.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be
satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
During his life on earth, Jesus instituted the Seven Sacraments for us:
Baptism-–Holy Eucharist—Confirmation—Reconciliation–Healing of the Sick—Matrimony and Holy Orders.
Jesus, died on the cross for us, for the forgiveness of sin and to open the gates of heaven.
This is how we are able to get to heaven, to be with God who wants us to be happy with Him for all eternity.
Deacon Ron Caimi