The Hope That Awaits Us!

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up,” said Jesus.  His enemies, thinking him the enemy of the Herodian temple, made this claim the basis of the charge against him and used it to destroy him.  It was the greatest turnabout in history, since in so doing they fulfilled his words and God, for his part, kept his end of the prophecy as well—-three days later.  Now Jesus reigns eternally in the heavens and we who are baptized into his death will share with him in that risen life as well.  Today, thank God for the new life of soul and body that Jesus won for us in the destruction of his earthly tent and the establishment of his eternal and heavenly House.

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Mark P. Shea is a popular Catholic writer and speaker. The author of numerous books, his most recent work is The Work of Mercy (Servant) and The Heart of Catholic Prayer (Our Sunday Visitor). Mark contributes numerous articles to many magazines, including his popular column “Connecting the Dots” for the National Catholic Register. Mark is known nationally for his one minute “Words of Encouragement” on Catholic radio. He also maintains the Catholic and Enjoying It blog and regularly blogs for National Catholic Register. He lives in Washington state with his wife, Janet, and their four sons.

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