Heaven is...

Read the Catechism in a Year

Catechism in a Year: Day 147

Part One: What We Believe
- Section Two: The Christian Profession of Faith- - Chapter Three: "I Believe ... in Life Everlasting"
Question 158: What is heaven?

Heaven is the endless moment of love. Nothing more separates us from God, whom our soul loves and has sought our whole life long. Together with all the angels and saints we will be able to rejoice forever in and with God.

If you have ever observed a couple looking at each other lovingly or seen a baby nursing who looks for his mother’s eyes as though it wanted to store up every smile forever, then you have some inkling of heaven. To be able to see God face to face—that is like one, single, never-ending moment of love.

Dig Deeper: Corresponding CCC section (1023–1029, 1053) & other references here.