Comments on: An Easter Message of Eternal Life

By: GreyMom

GreyMom — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:15:48 +0000

This got me teary eyed. And made me pause and ask the same question: where do we go after we die. As Catholics, we have been told that good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell. And that sufficed.
Thanks for sharing. Belated happy Easter.

By: jeanniethedreamer

jeanniethedreamer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:35:21 +0000

How comforting it is to have that memory of your conversation with Luijo.

Today, my toddler and I attended a Mass of the Angels in honor of Mary-Claire Barmada, a three year old girl who died of cancer. The priest said in the homily that when a child dies, he or she goes to heaven. Your family member, bearing your name, in heaven. You are blessed to have an angel up there… Thank you for sharing your life with us, because your loss and suffering has touched our lives. I honor you for that.

God bless.
Jeannie / pmn

By: Viona

Viona — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:02:42 +0000

What a religius posting…It’s very nice to read it. Easter is grace because Easter gives us guarantee to have an eternal life in heaven with our Jesus. Happy Easter…

By: Apple

Apple — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:28:31 +0000

Noemi I commend your choice of living in faith while aware of this life’s struggles. I think everyone will stumble upon the same question of life’s purpose (once or n times). And the possible actions I see are: (1) believe in something (2) not to believe in something (3) not to believe in anything.
I believe that faith molds our actions and gear us back to track when things become trivial.
Anyway, in our last earthly breath, we still won’t know enough.
Belated happy easter! Good to hear from people who celebrate Jesus’ Paschal Mystery!

By: Rowena

Rowena — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:07:27 +0000

Hi Noemi, this is another touching post. Thanks. Truly, death is the beginning of the eternal life with our Creator, the very essence of Resurrection. Happy Easter to you and your family.

By: Liza Owens

Liza Owens — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:54:32 +0000

Your site is very touching, I am a mother of 5 and i have 2 boys they are 10yrs old and 3 months. Your story made me actually come to them and see if they are doing just fine. I want to hug them and tell them how i love them dearly. May God Bless you and your family. I am currently starting my own blog, nothing posted there yet and i came across your site, looking for ideas, and honestly, you did touched my heart today.

By: Ma. Jane Baranda

Ma. Jane Baranda — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:09:51 +0000

Oh, this post is spiritually uplifting. Not that I don’t understand your grief, but this reaffirms our fatih and belief in the eternal life. Be assured that your son is in heaven.Catholic dogma requires that we do good to be able to go to heaven. but then the bible says about salvation by grace and not by good works. And also, children especially those that are not considered of “age” go straight to heaven because the Word of God says so in 2 Samuel 2:22 -23: “And he said: “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, “Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me”. King David was assured that his son was in heaven because he will be with him when he dies.Not that his son will return- but he was sure that they will meet again in heaven.

By: raqgold

raqgold — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:20:50 +0000

happy easter, noemi. what a special gift your son is to you.

By: Yolynne

Yolynne — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:12:47 +0000

Sometimes we just can’t explain how hard it is to live life when troubles come and how fascinating it becomes when we become survivors after every storm. Happy Easter!

By: Noemi

Noemi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:00:51 +0000

@maan- a recent friend told me that the day was her engagement day and she recalled the rain that I told in my story

@fritz- what comfort you are. Good thing your friend trusted you enough. Some bereaved don’t like to be told that their loved ones are in heaven when they are heavy in grief. Your friend trusted you so much.

@lui- until now, I feel that same feeling when I re-read this story

@thebystander- oh yes love your child always. Sometimes I felt I was too hard on my son when he was alive and regret it.

@deb- we learn so much from our kids. God’s gift to us indeed. Cherish it.