This is Holy Family School of Faith.

So welcome to our Rosary meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for, especially

for the repose of the soul of Louise Naaman and for the strengthening of the family of Jeannie Sherman and for the...

What should we pray for Jeannie as she grows closer to death for?

So we offer this Rosary also for

Jeannie Sherman. Our first meditation. Today we meditate on the new heavens and the new earth.

The Catechism tells us that at the end of time the kingdom of God will come in its fullness.

After the universal judgment, the last judgment, the righteous will reign forever with Christ, glorified in body and soul.

And the universe itself will be renewed. What does this mean for us?

Well both the Bible and the Catechism teach us that to be in heaven is to be like God and to live like God forever.

1 John chapter 3 verse 2

we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is.

Now we cannot be like God apart from God. However, God's plan is to

share his divine nature with us and transform us.

Peter writes in his second letter,

By his divine power, he has given us all the things that we need for life and true devotion.

In making these gifts, he has given us the guarantee of something very great and wonderful

to come.

Through them, you will be able to share the divine

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