Beyond the Clouds by Fr. Jacob Nampudakam, S.A.C. | Page 85

Therefore, when seated in the plane, instead of dwelling on the Bermuda
Triangle and the mysterious sea creatures, it’s better to glance at the stars
above and the tiny lights below. It should be seen as a journey into the
eternity, which- as a believer in God- is for me life in His divine presence;
heaven. A taste of that eternal bliss is found in the vastness of the evening sky,
seen from the window of seat 24A! A thought to assure the continuity of our
existence can be found in the letter of St. Paul to the Romans: “whether alive
of dead, we belong to the Lord” (Romans 14:8).
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