To Heaven and Back Quotes

“for the body speaks, and speaks definitively, when thoughts, issues, and emotions are repressed over time. Unattended matters of the heart often result in physical, emotional, and spiritual sickness, illness, and/or trauma.”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest

“A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic.”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest

“joyful family holiday gatherings and outings, as well as experiences with siblings and friends. With time, however, many of the details of the life review have faded, but what remains with me to this day is that the life review was filled with happy events and human interactions shrouded in love. Back in the emergency room with all its”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest

“It was a complete life review. I don’t know how long it lasted, but it was wonderful. It was so wonderful and memorable that I didn’t want it to end. There were people and experiences featured that I hadn’t thought about for years. Everything about my life was coming back in picture form. And, surprisingly, the first picture – the first movie frame – was of me riding a red tricycle; I was about 3 or 4 years old. Years later, after telling my dad about this life review experience, he disappeared into the attic of the family home only to emerge and descend with an old black and white photo, saying, “Here’s that picture of you on your red tricycle.” Coincidence, perhaps, but I really don’t think so. In addition to that powerful initial movie frame of me on a red tricycle, I remember, in general, additional life review highlights that included”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest

“I call the soul ‘heaven’ because I make heaven wherever I dwell by grace. I made the soul my hiding place and by my love turned her into a mansion.” (Catherine of Siena, 1980, p. 75)”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest

“I had to learn to trust more intimately in the power and presence of God, and to dare to let go of the need to control and orchestrate life. As”
― John Tourangeau, To Heaven and Back: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Priest