Taking nothing with you when you die

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I do believe we take our memories and may even receive perfect memory at the moment of the particular judgment to fully understand the judgment passed on us.
 
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What do you mean by unhealthy attatchments to people??
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An “unhealthy attachment” to a person, or to anything, is an attachment that leads you further from God instead of closer to God.
Healthy attachments lead us closer to God. For example, if you’re married, loving your spouse is a way of loving God (Msgr. John Esseff has spoken on this extensively).

Examples of “unhealthy attachment” to a person would be if the relationship causes us to sin or to reject God. One example would be the relationship that’s clearly sinful or unhealthy from the get-go (like an adulterous relationship, or the person pushes us to fornicate or steal or use drugs with them, etc.) Another example would be the relationship that was healthy and loving, but we lose the person in some way (death, or other separation against our will) and get angry at God over what happened and end up rejecting God or despairing.
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
Some people do not leave anyone behind. Even if they do, the persons left behind will eventually die and descendants living on earth will forget about their ancestors. For that reason, I’m not big on saying people live on through their relationships on earth.
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The smallest of pebbles dropped into a pond changes it forever.

A well-lived Christian life is like a boulder being dropped into the pond of life.
The ripples and effect may keep getting smaller but never go away completely.
 
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I don’t doubt it, because that’s simply saying that everyone is put here on earth by God for a purpose, and a well-lived Christian life is living out God’s will for us. By so doing we have a positive effect on the universe, for example by being kind to others, by making reparation for man’s sins, by helping Christ in his work of redemption, etc.

However, this does not necessarily have anything to do with leaving actual people behind.
 
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I’ve always been drawn to Bible passages warning not to get too attached to things of the world and that contrast the the temporary nature of this world with the eternal blessings with God in heaven. A recent Mass reading from 1 John 2 I’ve been mulling over which is summed up “Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever.”
 
Makes you reorder your priorities, doesn’t it? That’s why there is only one thing worth living for.
 
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My friend died recently.
There were plenty, plenty of flowers of condolences from friends and business partners
He was very rich and influential.
I just wondered whether he enjoyed seeing the flowers. And what about his many assets that he had accumulated?
 
I always thought this was purgatory, people who cant give up their earthly possessions… people, actions or things

No need to explain purgatory, I understand what it is now, but this is what I thought it was, a place you end up to remove yourself of these things.
 
Thank you for this post. My mom passed away shortly before Thanksgiving and your post is helping me put things in perspective.

Please pray for me and my siblings. Thank you!
 
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