Father George Rutler brings a matter-of-fact level-headedness to a discussion of death and dying. He reflects on the painful human predicament: the inevitability of death combined with an intellect capable of thinking about that inevitability. “Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven are facts of the creation which have a design, and that design is deliberate.”

Part 1: The Reality of Death - Father George Rutler reflects on the painful human predicament: the inevitability of death combined with an intellect capable of thinking about that inevitability. Father argues that one of the terrible consequences of the modern world’s rejection of God is its inability to confront the reality of death.

Part 2 : The Purpose of Judgment - The tendency of the morally blind and deaf to reject absolute rights and wrongs has resulted in a society of men plotting how to get away with something they know deep down is wrong. But in the end they will face Christ, Who is the perfect judge because He knows the human heart better than anyone ever can because of His Incarnation.

Part 3 : The Consequence of Hell – In an age where men have created more “hells on earth” than ever, the reality of the state of an eternal Hell is less believed than ever. Christ spoke often, clearly, and fervently on the things hardest to understand, foremost among these are the reality of Hell. It changes everything when we consider what Christ came to save us from.

Part 4: The Reward of Heaven – Modern Man, thinking Hell is “too bad to be true,” likewise thinks that Heaven is “too good to be true” as well. Just as Hell provides the deepest shadow, the brightness of heaven is evident in our capability of joy and the sense that there is something more perfect than the best of any earthly reality. Heaven is neither boring nor a fantasy – on the contrary it enriches all the good things of this world by its sheer, deep reality.