Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and senior research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
All those we love, and we ourselves, will one day go through that great black door of death. We need to acknowledge that fact and not try to evade or soften it. Without God, life really is a tragedy, and our mourning is a meaningless biochemical reaction. But our story doesn't end there. The door has another side: a side of light, with a waiting, loving God.
Date posted: 2023-03-25