HEAVEN HELL PURGATORY What do you imagine about
HEAVEN, HELL, PURGATORY What do you imagine about these places? To describe heaven, hell and purgatory To evaluate different views of what Hell is To evaluate a life after death experience of hell and purgatory Explain what you think - Heaven, if it exists, could be like - Hell could be like
1. Write 3 headings in columns: hell, heaven, purgatory. Add the info below to where it belongs 2. Write out the bible quotes under the right columns. **After the final judgement, hell is eventually destroyed. Is this fair? Here people suffer because they are Here people can be being purified of their sins, but they are helped by the prayers of joyful to know they will eventually enter the Church to accept heaven. God & admit their sins. People here refuse to admit their sins, out of pride and hate for A temporary God state Here souls await the still greater joy A permanent state x 2 of the resurrection of their bodies Here souls rejoice in the presence of God, blessing and praising God in peace and freedom “They are before throne of God. Never again will they hunger or thirst. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. ” Rev. 7 Here people continue to reject God’s goodness, even though it causes them great discomfort. They are the damned. “But who can endure the day of his coming? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. ” Mal 3: 2 -4 “Where their worm does not die, and the fire never goes out”. Mk 9: 38
DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HELL 1. Hell is physical and spiritual pain : the burning “fire” of a sinner confronted by God’s holiness and love (like looking at the sun would burn your eyes, if you were not prepared for it) 2. Nothingness – complete darkness, isolation, no love or life, only your own miserable on-going existence. 3. The suffering of being forever separated from God, the source of all life and love 4. Hell cannot exist as God loves everybody, and wants everybody to be saved. Everyone is always given a chance. Heaven would not be heaven, if you knew that there were people suffering 1. Explain which idea of Hell you agree with most and why. 2. Explain which idea you would not agree with, and why. **Should the Church preach more about fearing hell, as they used to?
The Communion of Saints There is a connection between the people who follow Jesus on earth, those who are still suffering in Purgatory, and those who enjoy bliss in heaven, . St Paul described our human life on earth like being the players in the stadium, and the saints in heaven are the spectators… On earth, in purgatory, in heaven - we all make up one “family” before God - the Communion of Saints. The Saints in heaven The Church on earth The souls in purgatory The picture shows the 3 groups make up the Communion of Saints. Who are they? 1. Define the Communion of Saints 2. Explain who helps who, and why **Who do you think is the most powerful intercessor, praying for us in heaven?
What is the Communion of Saints?
DO THE SAINTS HELP US?
How Mary interceded with Jesus for the wedding couple. On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine. ” “Woman, why do you involve me? ” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come. ” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you. ” Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet. ” They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. 1. Explain what an “intercessor” is 2. Describe briefly how Mary interceded with Jesus at the wedding in Cana. **Would you pray to Saints to intercede for you? Why/ why not?
“HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH”. Mindmap with your partner reasons why Mary is a very effective helper in the Communion of Saints. Mother of Jesus – very close to Him, so able to 1. Write out the quote above from the Hail Mary prayer. 2. Explain 2 important reasons why Mary is a powerful “intercessor” for us in the Communion of Saints. **Would you pray to Mary for help? Why/ why not? intercede with Him for us Born and preserved by God to be without sin (she is the “immaculate” conception) – so very holy and pure: close to God. On the cross, Jesus gave her to us to be our mother, when he said to his disciple John “Behold your Mother” : so she will always care for us as a mother. She isn’t our judge – only our help. Compassionate, because she is familiar with suffering – widow, son died, in shame, poor.
St Anthony – if you have lost something St Jude desperate situations and hopeless causes St Christopher – patron saint of travelling St Genevieve, patron saint of disasters St Cecilia – patron saint of music St. Catherine of Bologna, patron saint of art St. Isodore of Seville, patron saint of computers and the internet! Look up who the patron saint is for something you care about. Research or write your own prayer to that Saint for their particular help in that area. The Saints can help us in very concrete ways – not just spiritually! Something is lost And can't be found Please, St Anthony, Look around. Dear St. Anthony, I pray Bring it back, without delay.
HEAVEN HELL PURGATORY COMMUNION OF SAINTS MARY
THE LAST THINGS Draw a sequence of events to show what may happen to us after we die. Include the following terms: - Immortal soul - Resurrection of the body - Heaven - Heall - Purgatory - Individual judgement - Last, final judgement - Communion of Saints
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