Pope Francis told the
faithful gathered in St Peter's Square for his weekly audience
on Wednesday that they should think of heaven as a state of
being rather than a place.
"As deformed by sin, the shape of this world will pass
away; but we are taught that God is preparing a new dwelling
place and a new earth where justice will abide, and whose
blessedness will answer and surpass all the longings for peace
which spring up in the human heart," the pope said.
"This is the goal toward which the Church projects itself:
it is the 'new Jerusalem', 'paradise.
"More than a place, it is a state of being in which our
deepest expectations will be fulfilled in abundance and our
being as creatures and as children of God, will reach full
maturity.
"We will finally be covered with the joy, peace and love
of God in a complete way, without any limitations, and we will
be face to face with Him.
"It's lovely to think of this, to think we will all find
ourselves up there. All of us in heaven.
"It's good, it gives strength to our soul".
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