Lynne and I went to Bob O'Gorman's visitation Sunday night and funeral mass Monday morning.  It was my first Catholic funeral.  I left with an incredible understanding of the life that Bob lived, and I was struck the reverence placed upon his body, the vacated temple of the Holy Spirit.

I was pondering all of this when I saw a post a few miinutes ago asking if we still had free will in heaven.  The following is a copy of my response. 

We are made up of body, soul, and spirit.  The body is the biological part of us of that is identical to every other human and it begins to decompose shortly after death.  The spirit return to God.  The soul is that part of us that is unique.  It is different from every other soul that is or will ever be. 

I believe that upon death we are fully cleansed of all wounds, all pain, and all fears so that we may experience the fullness of the glory of God.  But we are still fully human.  We are not like God, nor are we like angels.  We will continue to be unique among creation.

We will have already made our choice to follow Christ.  And because we will experience a new life that is to us now completely unimaginable, I believe that we will have zero desire or interest, or even the thought of ever turning our backs on God again.

And because of what we will experience, we will pray for those left on earth, that they too may accept the offer of Christ.