Eternity

A person standing on top of a green mossy rock formation in a cave with hands outstretched beneath a beam of light entering the cave with the quote: “A belief in the immortality of the human soul, of the survival of the person beyond death, is one of the most important expressions of human hope.”—Fr. Benedict Joseph Groeschel, Tears of God: Persevering in the Face of Great Sorrow or Catastrophe

A Belief in the Immortality

Broken instrument. Closeup of old, broken piano keys with the quote: "Some people have more spectacular tasks than others, but we must not assess the value of our lives in the sight of God by the world’s values. We may not even be meant to use all our talents in this life, for some may be meant to lie fallow, so let us not fret if our lives do not seem to provide us with much opportunity to display them."—Fr. Bonaventure Perquin, from Abba, Father

Meant to Lie Fallow

A long exposure photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base with the quote: "You have been given time on this earth, not eternity; use the time as those who know they are going to set out from here."—Saint Ambrose, Saint Ambrose Letters, The Fathers of the Church, Vol. 26

Set Out From Here

Photo of a closeup of a woman's face with brightly colored, hazel eyes with a reflection of a cross in her eyes with the quote: "You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors."—C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses

Photo of the starry night sky, shot from the Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado with the quote: “You and I, each and every one of us without exception, can be defined as an aching need for the infinite. Some people realize this; some do not… How they and we respond to this inner outreach rooted in our deep spiritual soul is the most basic set of decisions we can make: they have eternal consequences."—Fr. Thomas Dubay, Evidential Power of Beauty

An Aching Need for the Infinite

Photo of the starry night sky, shot from Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado

Photo of a worn, damaged stone wall of a home with a brightly colored door with the quote: "The realities of God—truth, justice, love—are small and downtrodden realities in this world. Yet they persist when what is noisy and throws its weight around has long since decayed and been forgotten."—Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Ministers of Your Joy

The Realities of God Persist

Photo of an hourglass next to an old book and magenta flowers with a quote from the Gospel of Matthew.

Do Not Be Anxious