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Kempis on the 4 Last Things: The Joys of Heaven

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  The Book of Revelations 21:1,3 Then I saw a new  heaven  and a new earth, for the first  heaven  and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and be their God Now the good stuff. This is the last of the 4 last things... and is the best. (What an understatement!) This is where each and every one of us should opt to go, and those who don't make it... I weep.  Imagine colors we've never seen, music we've never heard and love we've never felt. Pick the single-most moment in your life where you were the happiest. Now imagine being even happier, each minute of each hour, each hour of each day... every single day of existence. Then top this off with being abler to see our Blessed Mother, meet our Guardian Angel who has been with us before we were ever born and, finally, able to look upon