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‘As certain as death is, what’s next is for. Fr. Thomas O’Meara offers modestly in his words, ‘tentative reflections with a few insights’ on our ‘future of living, of seeing more and more reality, and then of loving more and more beauty.’ O’Meara creatively intermingles new learning from contemporary natural and social sciences, along with philosophy, literature, and theology, while ruminating on the mystery of our journey toward death and beyond. A great resource for chaplains or anyone responsible for accompanying those facing the uncertainty of ‘what’s next?’
David A Lichter, D.Min
Executive Director
National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Milwaukee, WI
‘…O’Meara joins a host of Christian classics since the late Middle Ages known as Ars bene moriendi – the art of dying well. Right in the first two chapters he shows us how to die well, to look at death in the eye and not resort to (useless) denials. He urges us to view death as an ‘entrance’, not as an end. In the next three chapters, O’Meara accompanies us on our journey to God through time and life during which, by God’s grace, we will be able to mature as human beings and as Christians. The pervasive tone of the book is one of joy and hope, not fear and despair.
In 376, when he was in Milan, on the brink of conversion, Augustine heard a child’s voice repeating ‘Pick up and read, pick up and read’. May I be a small voice urging you to pick up O’Meara’s book and read. It is a trustworthy guide for our journey toward eternal life.’
Peter C Phan,S.T.D., PH.D., D.D.
The Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J. Chair of Catholic Social Thought
Georgetown University, Department of Theology, Washington, D.C.
Fr. Thomas O’Meara, OP, P.H.D, is a Dominican friar who is an author and teacher. He has taught at Aquinas Institute of Theology and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. His publications include Theology of Ministry; Thomas Aquinas, Theologian; Vast Universe: Extraterrestials and Revelation; and A Theologian’s Journey.
