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How do we pray for our deceased? A work of love and faith

Praying for the dead: an act of Christian charityLosing a loved one is a painful ordeal. The heart tightens, memories flood back, tears flow. In the face of death, the Christian faith offers us hope: the hope that life does not end, that it is transformed. But this faith does not simply invite us to mourn our dead with resignation. It calls us to accompany them in prayer, because love does not end with death. Read more...

Testimonies from the afterlife: stories that comfort the faith

Tales that are disturbing, but bear hopeFor centuries, men and women have told of near-death experiences or visions of the afterlife. These stories, sometimes disturbing, sometimes illuminating, raise a question that is close to the heart of every human being: what happens to us after we die? For Christians, these testimonies do not replace faith or the Gospel, but they can be signs, encouragements, calls to hope. Read more...

What happens after death? What the Christian faith says

A universal and profound questionThe question of what happens after death cuts across all cultures, all eras, all souls. What becomes of us? Where do we go? Is it the end of everything or the beginning of something else? For the Christian faith, death is not an end point, but a passage, a mysterious threshold beyond which a new life begins. Read more...

How God speaks to us: discerning the Lord's voice in our lives

A God who has always spokenFrom the first pages of the Bible, God is revealed as a God who enters into a relationship with humanity. He is not a distant or silent being, but a Father who speaks, who calls, who makes himself close. He speaks to Adam in the Garden of Eden, he calls to Noah, he calls to Abraham, he manifests himself to Moses in the burning bush. The whole of biblical history is shot through with this truth: God speaks. Read more...

God's unconditional love in the Bible

A love that precedes everythingEven before the creation of the world, God is love (1 John 4:8). He is not just the one who loves: He is Love. This love is not a passing emotion or a deserved reward, but a divine, eternal reality, offered unconditionally. In the Genesis account, this love is made manifest from the moment of creation: God fashions man and woman in his image, blesses them, and entrusts the earth to them with complete trust. Read more...