![Astronaut Thomas D. Jones. In 1994, he flew as a mission specialist on successive flights of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Astronaut Thomas D. Jones. In 1994, he flew as a mission specialist on successive flights of Space Shuttle Endeavour.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240610140640_37c57b7352aa6e7da575b5bbea9d3ff7b7c4c607a6c6689579c1a07733681426.png)
Results from Tag: 'heaven'
![Astronaut Thomas D. Jones. In 1994, he flew as a mission specialist on successive flights of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Astronaut Thomas D. Jones. In 1994, he flew as a mission specialist on successive flights of Space Shuttle Endeavour.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240610140640_37c57b7352aa6e7da575b5bbea9d3ff7b7c4c607a6c6689579c1a07733681426.png)
![Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin. Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024041423040_c022c02ac3785719e44021b86600c752c1634edd1de098b68ab44db771aa0479.jpg)
Which Way Is Heaven?
J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.
![‘The Narrow Gate’ ‘The Narrow Gate’](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240402090412_8370d773e96eb8c1feb55a7d752e0ff036bf75bb903d27fb271fec235db58550.jpg)
The Reality of Hell and Divine Mercy Sunday: ‘Enter Through the Narrow Gate’
COMMENTARY: Hell exists not despite God’s love but precisely because of it.
![Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895), “Christ of the Cornfield” Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895), “Christ of the Cornfield”](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200826190828_623bca179222530eb8aacaab189dfaef12f54013674ce1990732b114cb76875e.jpeg)
A Pair of Promissory Notes Signed by Christ
Here, it seems, is the flash point of the crisis we now face; indeed, we’ve been facing it for a very long time.
![Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Prodigal Son Abandoned,” ca. 1660-1665 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Prodigal Son Abandoned,” ca. 1660-1665](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20221226131244_a94ae9793ea545c3ed40faff4a1c918d46ef15c9a826aecda166f662b7dcc07c.jpg)
We Are Not at Home in the World
We are finite beings, but our longings are infinite, and we long for an infinite God who loves us infinitely.
![Correggio, “Assumption of the Virgin,” Cathedral of Parma Correggio, “Assumption of the Virgin,” Cathedral of Parma](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20221202101220_d52a66edac9156665a020a3e3fe7f1d533efae3f11fa0c1b6b47d0bb0de5adc4.jpg)
These Saints Had Visions of Heaven and Hell and Revealed What They Saw
During their lifetimes, some saints were given a peek into the happiness of heaven and the horrors of hell.
![Beauty imbues a church in Siena, Italy Beauty imbues a church in Siena, Italy](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20221101161148_ef1b413d4de892693908d15248e9fe32d17be3f908f1b82c46640262367d31e5.jpg)
You Were Made to Be Happy With God Forever in Heaven, Body and Soul
User’s Guide to Sunday, Nov. 6
![Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at Vatican City Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at Vatican City](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2022082412080_6305f6d486c25620efd3595ejpeg.jpg)
‘Our Destination is Heaven:’ Pope Francis Speaks About Death
The Pope gave his weekly public audience in the Paul VI hall, where he noted that it would be his final catechesis on the theme of old age.
![“The Ladder of Divine Ascent,” 12th century, St. Catherine’s Orthodox Monastery, Sinai, Egypt. “The Ladder of Divine Ascent,” 12th century, St. Catherine’s Orthodox Monastery, Sinai, Egypt.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220820230836_6de3acf18c4ef6298a04bfa58e8f302e9a3ef557e2f118999b9a9e66b870d12a.jpg)
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Number of the Saved
If you were the only person in the whole world in the whole of human history whom God needed to redeem, he would have sent his only-begotten Son.
![The Church celebrates the Queen of Heaven with the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Aug. 22. The Church celebrates the Queen of Heaven with the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Aug. 22.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220817150828_173c9dbc2d1c320e085fb035dc27dec03de8784f6d0a195fbf6ae7baff3abca6.jpg)