[The Father says,] “Their desires [in heaven] are a continual cry to me for the salvation of others, for they finished their lives loving their neighbours, and they did not leave that love behind but brought it with them when they passed through that gate which is my only-begotten Son. So you see that in whatever bond of love they finish their lives, that bond is theirs forever and last eternally… What these blessed ones want is to see me honoured in you who are still on the way, pilgrims running ever nearer your end in death.”
Saint Catherine of Siena