How Strange: Longing For Heaven Is Almost Never Expressed Today

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 9/17/2014 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

We are not communicating with each other. The Southern Hemisphere is not the West. That Hemisphere may be sending missionaries to the North but in the long run no one will listen.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Thank you for sharing the excellent post."

I merely cited Pope Clement's prayer, CS Lewis's thoughts and Brooke Frasier's song...anything profound or sublime in that post was not my doing, but my pleasure to share :-)

[Biggirl]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/10/the-next-christianity/302591/

[oblomov]

Assuming that what they witnessed was in fact heaven, the people with NDEs who visited heaven have something in common: they visited heaven but were not permitted to stay, not unlike Elijah and John (of the Book of Revelations).

[tired&retired]

"they visited heaven but were not permitted to stay,"

You can't imagine the powerful feeling of rejection!!

I can imagine that this is what Jesus was feeling when He cried, "“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”