ISB ~ Philippians 1 v23

be with Christ:Paul does not hide his preference for martyrdom, since death is the doorway to eternal happiness.

• According to Catholic teaching, the souls of the faithful departed enter immediately into God’s presence for personal judgment (Heb 9:27). They now rest in the interim period between bodily death and bodily resurrection, which is followed by the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) (CCC 1005, 1011, 1021).