Isaiah 6:1-8 / Matthew 10:24-33
We do not know what heaven is really like, although we may have an idea from what we have read or heard.
We know that God is in heaven, together with the angels and saints.
But what really happens in heaven is for us to imagine.
In the 1st reading, we get an idea of what heaven is like from the description of the vision of the prophet Isaiah.
There were angels all around and they were singing this hymn:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. His glory fills the whole earth.
So, in heaven, God is the focus and the centre of all that is happening, and the angels are constantly praising Him.
That hymn of the angels also reminds us that we sing a similar hymn at Mass, which is just before the Eucharistic Prayer.
In that hymn, the angels from heaven joins us to praise God in the Mass.
Let us be aware of this when we sing that hymn at Mass.
And we will know what heaven is like when we sing that hymn with all our hearts.