I believe in life after death because I am a romantic, I believe in happy endings, I believe in a just and loving God.

Those who have suffered from injustice in this world deserve something better. A just God calls on us to work for justice, but still too many people suffer from injustice. Not only that, life is filled with disappointment and disaster even without injustice. Without life after death, life is not a romance it is a sick tragedy, a cosmic joke.

If God loves us, then I think he would want to meet us face to face, not just through a glass darkly. Love requires presence, communication and communion.

I am agnostic when it comes to visions and visitations. Too many are the product of psychosis and hallucinations. Too many promote fear rather than love. Too many do not sound like the Mary or Jesus of the gospels. I would not trade the Magnificat for all of Mary’s so called visitations.