Advent Reflections on the Four Last Things: Heaven
Then know for certain these things are drops in the ocean of the glory of paradise.
Then know for certain these things are drops in the ocean of the glory of paradise.
But they fall silent in the face of the eternity of Hell.
You who burn with righteous indignation at the sins of the Holy Father, do you burn with charity also to forgive him?
The World Fears Death, but Catholics Must Remember It
The whole world woke up one day and found itself imprisoned in a global totalitarianism the likes of which had never been seen.
God made us for this end, that we could be joined to Him in a love freely willed and freely enjoyed, a vision of Him who is our Sovereign Lord, our divine Spouse. God created man in order to divinize him.
Having a foretaste of divine glory and knowing what sublime purity is necessary in order to share it worthily, the soul longs to be made pure.
In Hell, on the contrary, there is no society—only individuals. It is the triumph of individualism. They stand in disarray, like an abstract painting, formless and void of meaning; they feel no sympathy, they receive no compassion.
As St. Thomas Aquinas says, “Let our thoughts. . .dwell on retribution, imitating the holy King Hezekiah: ‘I said, in the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell’ (Is 38:10). A mind which goes down to hell often in life will not easily go down there in death.”
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It is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy. And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here. – 1 Peter 1:16-17 The Judgment. It’s something that few wish to think about in our…