For, as the guilt of our sins is washed away by the Blood of the Crucified, so their effects are washed away by our tears and the cleansing power of God.  For until the soul is thus cleansed from every stain, however faint, and stands in purest white, it cannot share in the unsullied perfection of the all-holy God.  As Holy Scripture warns us, nothing unclean will enter into Heaven (Revelation 21:27).  It is only the pure in heart who can see God, and to see God is to be in Heaven.

For Heaven is not, as is popularly imagined, a place of endless and aimless recreation unconnected with God.  On the contrary, it is the ‘Beatific Vision’ – the sight and knowledge of our Maker.  And this is eternal life, to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent (John 17:3).

To be for ever in the sight and immediate presence of the living, personal God, the source of all that is beautiful and good and true, to share his life and be filled in every part with him, that is indeed the incredible happiness beyond all human imagination.  Truly, no eye has seen, no ear has heard the things which God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9).