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What is heaven like?

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In short: Everything your heart has ever wanted, and then some: perfect life with the Trinity, Mary, the angels and the saints. CCC 1024 CCC 1027

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

Heaven is perfect life with the Trinity, with Mary, the angels and all the blessed: the fulfillment of our deepest longings. CCC 1024

It is beyond all description, so Scripture uses images: life, light, peace, a wedding feast, the Father’s house. CCC 1027

Our words

Not clouds and harps. A wedding party that never ends, with everyone you love who loved God, and God Himself.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs

1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1024, 1027 (official text on vatican.va).

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