“I have been to Heaven and I have seen God”, the story of a child

“In 2003, we nearly lost our son in the ER. We were shocked and didn't know what to do but we knew we had gone in XNUMX. Paradiso". Thus begins the story of Todd, the father of Colton Burpo, as reported on Church Pop. The child ended up in hospital due to an appendix that caused complications.

The man added: “The first thing he said to me was that he could see us, where we were in the hospital, what we were doing. And all the information he gave us was correct ”.

And again: “Remember everything that happened during the surgery: 'I never died but I went to Heaven and I saw it ', he said ”.

Colton, in fact, said: “I came out of my body and I could see it from above. The doctors were with me. I saw my mother in one room and my father in another. And it was sitting on the lap of Jesus".

The child then said: “It's amazing. There's nothing like it here, so it's hard to compare. It is the perfect version of the earth, because in heaven there is no sin, no one gets old. It is a city that never stops growing ”.

"I met my grandfather, my sister who was not born, the archangels Michael and Gabriel, King David, the Apostles and Mary Mother of Jesus".

But what struck Colton the most was the vision of the Creator: “God is so great, he is so great that he can hold the world in his hands. When you are close to God you think you are afraid but then, concentrating on his love, you feel it and you stop fearing him ”.

It is up to each Catholic to decide whether or not to believe this story. The fundamental criterion remains the same: the story must never contradict the Gospel and the Magisterium of the Church.

After this experience in 2010 the father wrote the book "Heaven is real: the extraordinary story of a child about his journey to heaven and back" from which a film was also made.

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