Jesus - Source of Eternal Life

Jesus – Source of Eternal Life

“For the Father, who is the source of life has made the Son the source of life, and because he is the Son of Man, has appointed him supreme judge.”  (John 5: 26 – 27)

Jesus Christ is the source of life.  The true life is the eternal life we have been promised, starting from here and now and then forever and forever.  If Christ is the source of life, how does he give us this life?  Jesus procured this life for all men through his passion and death.  He mediates this life to us through the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.  The Eucharist is the source of life par excellence.  When we receive the consecrated Bread and Wine, we receive truly Jesus, the source of life and life itself.  

Jesus is also the supreme judge of the world.  At the moment of our death, we will face Jesus.  “Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ,” teaches the Catechism of the Catholic Church (#1021). In the final judgment, he will judge all mankind.  But our judgment starts here and now.  If you are alive in Jesus, then you have here and now eternal life.  Do everything to maintain that life by dwelling in the Word and making use of the lavish gifts of the sacraments.

In the creed, we profess, “I believe in life everlasting.”  The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live for ever with Christ.  They are like God for ever, for they ‘see him as he is,’ face to face.”  (CCC #1023)