Christ often spoke about the relationship between heaven and earth.  In the Lord’s Prayer, he asks that the will of his Father be done on earth as it is in heaven. The apostles are told that whatever they bind on earth, will be bound in heaven (Mt 18:17).  Jesus mentions heaven seventy times in Matthew’s Gospel alone. Christ establishes this impenetrable bridge to make known the ultimate destination that awaits us all.  We are bound for heaven in a way that remains hidden to the world. Our earthly direction is tracked by the universal GPS – affirming that we are indeed on the way to buy milk, pick up the kids from school or arriving just in time to board the red-eye flight out of JFK. Unfortunately – there is no GPS tracking our way into heaven. Darn. Knowing how close or far we are is left up…