Do Pets Go To Heaven Catholic Answers

For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there are who go in thereat.

Do pets go to heaven catholic answers. Animal lovers understand the grief and the terrible sense of loss that pet people experience at the death of their friend. If our pets will be resurrected or not we just cannot say for sure. As another poster said christ s victory will cxreate a new heavens and a new earth. There are three ways of answering the question of whether pets will exist in heaven.

Catholic answers senior apologist jimmy akin answers a caller who asks if animals go to heaven or hell after they die. Now the catechism of the catholic church does not directly address this question. Upon examining the scriptures we just don t have biblical support to say this with certainty whether or not our pets will be in heaven however it does appear that animals will exist in the kingdom of heaven isaiah 11 6 9. What the question really should be is do humans go to heaven and if so how few.

Do animals go to heaven. Animals do go to heaven. According to the catechism heaven is a state of supreme definitive happiness that involves a perfect communion of life and love with the trinity with the virgin mary the angels and all the blessed ccc 1024. So when and if you and i make it to heaven our joy will be complete.

Enter ye in at the narrow gate. This is a commonly asked question by children and youth. The contrary argument suggests that animals lack a rational soul and therefore will not be resurrected. Seek ye first the kingdom of god.

Somewhere in between is the thought that some animals and dogs especially have sufficient self awareness and personality to have a soul though not of the same substance as a human soul and. Whether the pet is a hamster or an iguana the loss stings. Christ himself said in st matthew 7 13 14 douay rheims. Here soul is defined as what makes an organic body.

Every joy that we have on earth is only a poor imitation of that and every joy that we had in our lives on earth such as the joy that our dogs bring to us we will have in heaven only more so. This past january we made the heart breaking decision to put our beloved dog ralphie to sleep. So the answer is yes maybe not exactly and you can hope. In order to answer the question we must first define heaven.

A question that comes up frequently is whether people will see their pets in heaven. Animals go to heaven automatically all of them since they never sinned you are right.