Christ retained his marks of Crucifixion. The saints are depicted with their tools of martyrdom. Martyr means witness. This is provoked me into thinking. What will my marks of martyrdom be that my body carries to the next life. All the trials of this life, if you reach heaven, will be your path to heaven. What type of marks will you have. Every moment is a choice that could bring you closer to heaven, if you bear those challenges rather than reject them.
There will be a time in our existence before the general resurrection, when we will be intellect and will and our bodies will be on earth. How will our intellects and wills be affected by this life? How will they be formed and glorified?
I have an understanding that dementia could possibly be purgatory on earth. How that dementia bears on the intellect and on the will. It forces a person to be completely reliant on others. We know that God desires us to rely completely on him, and thus we shall when we enter into beatitude.
