Quotes About Heaven

It is the Christmas time: And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth, In glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb.

And me who seem curious because no one has seen me for a million years, and now I'm seen! Is there such extraordinary need of misery to make beauty? Let go Hell; and your fall will be broken by the roof of Heaven.

If in the after life there is not music, we will have to import it.

The mystic attempts to overcome dogma, insisting that God, Christ and heaven are not 'up there' but are to be found in the heart by desire, by love, by the will; that is, by a path of inner purification.

18 Entonces Jesús acercándose les habló en estos términos: A mí se me ha dado toda potestad en el cielo, y en la tierra; 19 Vayan pues, e instruyan a todas las naciones en el camino de la salud, bautizándolas en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo; 20 enseñándolas a observar todas las cosas que yo les he mandado. Y estén ciertos que yo mismo estaré continuamente con ustedes hasta la consumación de los siglos.

9 Vean pues cómo han de orar: Padre nuestro, que estás en los cielos; santificado sea tu nombre. 10 Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra. 11 El pan nuestro de cada día dánoslo hoy. 12 Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, así como nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores. 13 Y no nos dejes caer en la tentación. Mas libranos del mal. Amén.

Reparen en la higuera, y en los demás árboles: 30 cuando ya empiezan a brotar de sí el fruto, conocen que está cerca el verano. 31 Así también ustedes, al ver el cumplimiento de estas cosas, entiendan que el reino de Dios está cerca. 32 Les empeño mi palabra, que no se acabará esta generación, hasta que todo lo dicho se cumpla. 33 El cielo, y la tierra se mudarán, pero mis palabras no faltarán. 34

24 Por tanto les aseguro, que todas cuantas cosas pidan en la oración, tengan viva fe de conseguirlas, y se les concederán sin falta. 25 Mas al ponerse a orar, si tienen algo contra alguno, perdónenle el agravio, a fin de que su Padre que está en los cielos, también les perdone sus pecados. 26 Que si no perdonan ustedes, tampoco su Padre celestial les perdonará sus culpas ni oirá sus oraciones. 27

If we played three CDs of praise at the same time, we'd have a cacophony of noise that would drive us crazy. This was totally different. Every sound blended, and each voice or instrument enhanced the others. As strange as it may seem, I could clearly distinguish each song. It sounded as if each hymn of praise was meant for me to hear as I moved inside the gates.

I want to experience everything heaven offers, but most of all, I want to hear those never-ending songs again.

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians

Heaven was many things, but without a doubt, it was the greatest family reunion of all.

Unworthy as I am, he allowed me to go to heaven, and I know the next time I go there, I'll stay.

God still answers prayers, God still performs miracles. Heaven is real.

I have absolutely no fear of death. Why would I? There's nothing to fear-only joy to experience.

Some may not believe my account; they may think it was some kind of wish fulfillment during a point of severe trauma. I don't have to defend my experience. I know what happened to me. For those of us whose faith is in the reality of heaven, no amount of evidence is necessary.

To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord to those who love him and know him.

None of the hymns that filled the air were about Jesus' sacrifice or death. I heard no sad songs and instinctively knew that there are no sad songs in heaven.

My feeling has been that once we're actually in God's presence, we will never return to earth again, because it will be empty and meaningless by comparison

As I ponder this, I don't believe my greeting committee said, "Oh no, he doesn't get to stay." They're still there at the gate. They're waiting. For them, time is not passing. Everything is in the eternal now—even if I can't put that into words. Even if ten more years pass, or thirty, in heaven it will be only an instant before I'm back there again.

I'll look out for him," Keller said. Because he needs to. Call it penance, call it atonement or whatever the hell you want, he only knows that he needs to do it, that he can only find redemption by helping this boy find his, by showing love to what he hates, that at the end of the day or the end of the world, there are no separate souls. We will go to heaven or we will go to hell, but we will go together.

Luis hopes for heaven. Keller fears hell. Vera fears only death, and that because he takes such pleasure in life.

Saint Joseph will empty the treasure of heaven for those who honor Mary, his wife!

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.