To Heaven, From Earth What does it mean, "To go to Heaven"? It's not something I am assured of, certainly. It's not something I seek or hope or work for. It's not something I want ... Wanting is lacking; what do I lack? All that is good, all that is Godly, is here. If I try thinking of what I could do "In Heaven", I see I can do it here. Well, I would like to talk with Our Lady, just for a minute And say thanks, you know — Yet I can tell her thanks now ... And well, it would be great to entreat God for people in need And know God would hear — Yet I know God hears me now ... No more troubles or worries? I don't want to stop growing or learning; How could that be Heaven? And if I were "In Heaven" right now There surely still would be troubles here. And the "Beatific Vision" — Don't I long to "see God"? How can I yearn for the unimaginable? Anything I know that I term Longing Feels to me like that I term Love. But if Heaven is what God chooses for us Then Oh Yes I take with joy what God gives, Whatever it is. But if ever I act for hope of Heaven or fear of its loss, I will find Hell and mourn forevermore.

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