August 23, 2011 – Catechism 1005 -1009

I was thinking about our understanding of being immortal and what is meant when it says our bodies were not intended to experience death. I don’t think that it meant we were meant to be on Earth for an eternity. I think that we were suppose to live our Earthly life and then when that time was done, we would be taken to Heaven or to God, body and soul. We were never meant to be on Earth for eternity because we are suppose to be with God. I always thought the idea that death did not enter the world, Adam and Eve would just be on Earth forever. Now, I don’t think that is correct. With the ascension of Christ and Mary into Heaven, I think that is closer to what was supposed to happen.