By Deacon Michael Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic - One of the recurring themes you will read on this site is that we are not made for Earth, but for Heaven. Our time on Earth is important—we are pilgrims on Earth, journeying to our true home in Heaven. Each of us has a beginning (conceived by our parents) and each of us will have an end. What we will experience and attain as we arrive at this end is the subject of this series.