Scripture

Revelation 21:2–4 (NRSVUE)

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,

coming down out of heaven from God,

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

"See, the home of God is among mortals.

He will dwell with them;

they will be his peoples,

and God himself will be with them;

he will wipe every tear from their eyes.

Death will be no more;

mourning and crying and pain will be no more,

for the first things have passed away."

Refrain

No one is finally lost. The road leads home.

Quote

C.S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain

"I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish;

but their rescue consists

of being put back on the right road."

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Scripture

Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

But our citizenship is in heaven.

And we eagerly await a Savior from there,

the Lord Jesus Christ.

Refrain

I am not yet myself. I am becoming.

Quote

Pope Benedict XVI, from Introduction to Christianity

"Human persons are beings en route,

beings characterized by transition.

They are not yet themselves;

they must ultimately become themselves."

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Scripture

John 14:2–3 (NIV)

My Father's house has many rooms;

if that were not so,

would I have told you

that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come back

and take you to be with me

that you also may be where I am.

Refrain

I press on — further up and further in.

Quote

C.S. Lewis, from The Last Battle

"I have come home at last!

This is my real country!

I belong here.

This is the land I have been looking for all my life,

though I've never seen it till now.

The reason we loved the old Narnia

is that it sometimes looked a little like this.

Come further up, come further in!"

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