Do you know what happens to you when you die? Do you know what will happen to your body? What about your soul? We know that our bodies will decay over time, unless it is for the glory of God that our body remains uncorrupted, like what has happened to the bodies of certain saints. But for most of us, our bodies "were made from dust, and to dust we will return (Gen 3:19)." But what about our soul? Have we considered what would happen to our soul?
Death is inevitable. We can try ways and means to prolong our lives, but eventually and inevitably, we will die. Some of us may begin to worry about what would happen to us and our loved ones when we die. We wonder whether we would be with God in heaven, or whether we might be condemned to hell. We wonder whether we may end up in purgatory for a while. But all these unnecessary questions are based on unnecessary anxiety. Why do we allow ourselves to be occupied or crippled with anxiety? After all, we should note what St Paul in the second reading reminds us: "Hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us... but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God’s anger?"
We must remember that our loved ones are now in the hands of God. We believe that God will care for them. Therefore we should place our trust and our hope in the promise of God. Instead of worrying or fretting, let us do our part and try to live lives according to the values of the Gospel, and leave our lives and the lives of those who have gone before us in God's care.
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