Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are in a deep cold snap. It just doesn't appear that we are going to get out of it at any point. Will we ever?

 

When we're in winter, it's hard to imagine warm weather, and being without a coat. When we're in summer, it's hard to imagine that we'd ever be cold. We know winter exists, but we can't really feel it's "realness" when we're in another season.

 

Because we're in human flesh, it's hard to imagine Heaven. Sure, we believe it exists, but we think all kinds of strange things about it. We choose sin because it's more "real" than the greatness of Heaven, because we're in human flesh, and not Eternal Glory. After all, Heaven is fine, we're sure, but is it really worth fighting for? Aren't we just sitting on clouds or something? Wouldn't that get boring after awhile?

 

But Heaven is glorious, and spending an eternity with the greatness of God IS worth it. It is worth putting aside sinful pleasures and our erring ways. It's just hard to see. But Jesus and the other inspired writers in the Scriptures, the Tradition of the Church, the Communion of Saints, the presence of the supernatural ere in the natural, all tell us that Heaven is real, and is worth it. Let's keep fighting for it, so that we can be there! And let's fight to put aside the Hell that can only come from the sin we choose while we're here on earth. God bless you!

 

Fr. Sahd