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The saints have a special way of moving us whenever we read about the way they prayed, served God, and lived their lives. All these heroes of Christianity, whether canonized or not, are in heaven right now, enjoying the presence of God and communion with him.
To paraphrase the words of John, what they once did not know, they now know (1 John 3:2). They know the glorious inheritance that God wants to give everyone who repents and believes in his Son.
We don’t know everything about what heaven is like, but there are a few things we can say with certainty. In his book, The City of God, St. Augustine wrote: “Our first free choice was to be able not to sin. Our last choice will be not to be able to sin.” In other words, once we are in heaven with all the saints, all temptations and all desires for sin will be done away with. Together with all the people we are celebrating today, we will be completely in touch with God’s glory. His light will shine on us constantly, and we will…
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