Confused by a Prayer

[FAH]

I was recently reading through the Rite of Committal and came across this prayer or blessing over the grave.

In your mercy look upon this grave,
so that your servant may sleep here in peace;
and on the day of judgment raise him/her up
to dwell with your saints in paradise.

So does this mean that we will only see God and be with the Saints in Paradise after judgement day?

Another question:
At the moment of our death we will receive a personal judgement and either end up in hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But then when the son of God comes again he will give a collective judgement. (Is this right?) So if this collective judgement is bad will every one who made it to Heaven and Purgatory be in hell?

And on the last day when our Lord will raise our mortal bodies to be like his in glory does that mean earth will be the new Heaven as our bodies will be in the ground of earth?

I’d appreciate any Catholic answers.

 

[Dorothy]

There are two judgments, the particular judgment, and the general judgment. Both will be the same. After the first judgment just our soul will go to heaven/hell/or purgatory. After the general judgment, at the resurrection of our bodies, then our soul will be reunited with our bodies and we will be, in body AND soul where we went at first.

 

[ConstantineTG]

There are two judgments, the particular judgment, and the general judgment. Both will be the same. After the first judgment just our soul will go to heaven/hell/or purgatory. After the general judgment, at the resurrection of our bodies, then our soul will be reunited with our bodies and we will be, in body AND soul where we went at first.

The general resurrection will come first before final judgment. ALL will be resurrected. Those worthy will be given paradise, those unworthy will be thrown into fire, body and soul.

 

[midori]

Some people see God and the Saints before death, but it’s pretty rare. But after death, everyone’s pretty much guaranteed an encounter.

At the moment of death, we receive our personal judgment. It’s personal and immediate.

At the general judgment, though, that’s the public version that everyone talks about where things that were done in secret get shouted from the rooftops, etc. Basically, the theory is that people’s deeds, for good or for bad, resonate through time. Some people’s deeds have a very small, very limited effect. Other people’s deeds ripple through decades, centuries, or even millennia. So it’s not until all of humanity has finished their lives that we’re able to accurately appreciate the full effects of our works while on earth.

From the Catechism:

1047 The visible universe, then, is itself destined to be transformed, “so that the world itself, restored to its original state, facing no further obstacles, should be at the service of the just,” sharing their glorification in the risen Jesus Christ.640

1048 "We know neither the moment of the consummation of the earth and of man, nor the way in which the universe will be transformed. The form of this world, distorted by sin, is passing away, and we are taught that God is preparing a new dwelling and a new earth in which righteousness dwells, in which happiness will fill and surpass all the desires of peace arising in the hearts of men."641

1049 "Far from diminishing our concern to develop this earth, the expectancy of a new earth should spur us on, for it is here that the body of a new human family grows, foreshadowing in some way the age which is to come. That is why, although we must be careful to distinguish earthly progress clearly from the increase of the kingdom of Christ, such progress is of vital concern to the kingdom of God, insofar as it can contribute to the better ordering of human society."642

1050 "When we have spread on earth the fruits of our nature and our enterprise . . . according to the command of the Lord and in his Spirit, we will find them once again, cleansed this time from the stain of sin, illuminated and transfigured, when Christ presents to his Father an eternal and universal kingdom."643 God will then be “all in all” in eternal life:644

True and subsistent life consists in this: the Father, through the Son and in the Holy Spirit, pouring out his heavenly gifts on all things without exception. Thanks to his mercy, we too, men that we are, have received the inalienable promise of eternal life.645

 

[Indyann]

I was recently reading through the Rite of Committal and came across this prayer or blessing over the grave.

So does this mean that we will only see God and be with the Saints in Paradise after judgement day?

Another question:
At the moment of our death we will receive a personal judgement and either end up in hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But then when the son of God comes again he will give a collective judgement. (Is this right?) So if this collective judgement is bad will every one who made it to Heaven and Purgatory be in hell?

And on the last day when our Lord will raise our mortal bodies to be like his in glory does that mean earth will be the new Heaven as our bodies will be in the ground of earth?

I’d appreciate any Catholic answers.

I agree that prayer seems contrary to the teaching of the Church.

I hope someone can address this. Anyone?