We all have heard the reminder written in the bible that says, ”Strive to enter through the narrow gate of heaven!” “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (don't know the chapter. verse).
Actually the gate of heaven is wide open. The gate of heaven becomes narrow because of our sinfulness. It’s through our selfishness, it’s because of our greed, it’s because of our insatiable desires that made the gate of heaven narrow for us or better shut closed for us. Furthermore, the treacherous path that leads to destruction is wide and broad that everyone is capable of faltering in it. So when we trim down our frantic concupiscence that tainted our hearts, then we can always readily access our way to the kingdom of God. Death is inevitable. Our lives on earth are preparations for the eternal life. The days of your life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are still alive. There are only two possible destinations when we die… Heaven or hell.
It was also written in the bible (I forgot the exact verse) ”you will not be released until you have paid the last penny”. So we better make amendments in our life guys. Fix everything that has to be fixed. Our life story here on earth will be summarized in the end and it will serve as our password to heaven. Our faithfulness to the Decalogue will be our password to heaven or else the big screen will flash out “ACCESS DENIED!”. Moreover, if we continuously strive to be good, to be honest, to be compassionate, to be kind to everyone, to be forgiving, then a new chapter of our life will be spent in heaven to eternity. That’s a surefire way to access heaven. Our good heart is as almost paradise..
Before entering the gate of heaven St. Peter will ask for your gate pass. Make sure that you have already prepared the requirements, the visas, and your passport to heaven. Because St. Peter is busy. And he does not like to waste time checking invalid requirements. In any government institution, you can easily be employed if you got connection with high ranking gov’t officials. But to enter the kingdom of God, you don’t need to have connections, you don’t need to have “backer’ inside. No one will guarantee your entrance to heaven. You are responsible for you own self.
Your title or your earthly positions will not serve as your passport to heaven. Your lofty status will not make you a candidate to kingdom of God. You can’t say, “St. Peter, here is my international plaque of recognition. Isn’t it impressive? Let me enter the kingdom of God now.” St. Peter will not open the gate if you say, “I am a recipient of a Palanca award. I won the noble prize award in….” You can’t say, “St. Peter I have a fat bank account in Zurich.” Your multi-billion money in Italy will not pave your way to heaven. “St. Peter I got mansions, yachts, wheels, private jet, name it!. Will that suffice?” I can only imagine St. Peter shaking his head with a smirk on his face when you say that. Your vast earthly possessions will not save your soul either. It’s all futile as your earthly investments. And after hearing your story about funding charity homes and erecting establishments and institutions that caters the needs of a large habitat of impoverished humanities", St. Peter will say ”Sorry, you can not enter. Next!” Why? Because, yes you funded many charitable institutions but you deprived your cooks, you’re too strict and harsh to your gardeners in terms of monetary compensations they deserved. You denied financial help to your drivers.
There is no chance of buying heaven. to buy heaven is like buying the whole ASIA with play money. There’s no righteous deed that we can do that will earn us a place in heaven. We can only enter heaven through the merits of Christ unfathomable mercy.. Our daily novenas to our patron saint will not make the entrance door of heaven open. Our attendance in every Sunday liturgical celebrations will not make us higher candidate to the kingdom of God. Those religious acts, rituals are just our expressions of love to our God. And God is gracious to share us the privilege in doing that activities. Our everyday rosary is just our expressions of love to our God, because He has been so good to us. When everything has been said and done, we can only say “Lord please be gracious to me. Let me enter Your Kingdom”.
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