On August 15, 2017, Deacon Dan Carr of the Diocese of Greensburg, gave a lecture on “The Last Things: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory” here at St. Agnes Church. Whether you didn’t have a chance to attend or just want to watch it again, this video is for you!
The Last Things: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory – Resources
Old Testament
– Psalm 88:3-5; Isaiah 38:18-19
– Ecclesiastes 1-2; Job 14:13-15
– Daniel 12:2; 2 Maccabees 7:29
Judgment
– NT Passages: Lk 16:22; 23:43; Mt 16:26; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Heb 9:27; 12:23
– Catechism of the Catholic Church 1021-1022
Heaven
– NT Passages: Mt 6:9-13; Phil 1:23; Jn 14:2-3; 1Thess 4:17; 1 Cor 2:9
– Catechism of the Catholic Church 1023-1029
Hell
– NT Passages: 1 Jn 3:14-15; Mt 25:31-46; Mt 13:41-42; Mt 7:14-15
– Catechism of the Catholic Church 1033-1037
Purgatory
– NT Passages: 1 Cor 3:15; 1 Pet 1:7; Mt 12:31
– Catechism of the Catholic Church 1030-1032
Images
– Last Judgment, by Giotto
– The Holy Trinity With Saints In Heaven, The Garden Of Eden Below, by Scipione Compagno
– Untitled by Zdzisław Beksiński
– An Angel Frees the Souls of Purgatory, by Ludovico Carracci
– Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, by Raphael
Bibliography
– On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
– Eschatology, by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
– “Leaf by Niggle”, Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien
– The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
– Inferno, by Dante
– Dare We Hope, by Hans Urs Von Balthasar
– Order of Christian Funerals