Saints LightWhat Is Heaven Really Like?
Heaven is seeing God face to face and living forever in perfect love with him and all the saints, a joy greater than anything we can imagine.
What this lesson teaches
- Heaven is perfect, endless communion of life and love with the Holy Trinity and all the saints.
- Its heart is the beatific vision: seeing God face to face, a capacity God himself gives.
- In heaven we remain ourselves and still know and love one another.
- Heaven is a gift opened by Christ, not wages we earn.
Catechism paragraphs this lesson cites
- CCC 1023-1025
- CCC 1026-1029
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Scripture read in this lesson: 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2; 1 Corinthians 2:9.
A sample question from this lesson
What is the beatific vision?
- A vision some saints have on earth during prayer
- Seeing God face to face in heaven, by a capacity God himself gives
- Seeing our loved ones again but never seeing God
- A dream that happens just before death
Show the answer
Seeing God face to face in heaven, by a capacity God himself gives. The beatific vision is the direct sight of God in heaven, which God enables the soul to have (CCC 1028).
The lesson in the app has three questions, each with an explanation.
Words to know
- Beatific vision
- The direct, face to face sight of God that is the heart of the happiness of heaven.
More terms in the Catholic glossary. More passages in the Scripture index.
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"What Is Heaven Really Like?" is lesson 4 of Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. In Saints Light you get the whole teaching, the Scripture quoted in full, all three questions and a step to live it this week.
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