August 4, 2014
We never know when God will call us to our particular judgment. Many souls in this lost and terribly confused time live their lives as if they will never die, or at least, never be judged. Increasing numbers of people are either so completely convinced their is no God, or that at least no one goes to hell, that they opt for suicide over facing a potentially long and difficult illness. More and more souls pray for a quick and painless death, a sudden death, without recourse to the last Sacraments. And that is certainly the right mentality, if you are worldly and have no thought of God, judgment, Heaven, or hell.
But Catholics are blessed to know better. We know that we will face a Judge, and that we may have to face Him at any time, day or night. Or, at least, we should know that. Sadly, Catholics are among the most confused around on these critical topics. So many priests and theologians have convinced Catholics that even if hell exists, God certainly would never condemn anyone but a Hitler or Stalin there, and certainly not YOU. And so we have mass indifference even within the Church, even against all the evidence from Scripture and Tradition, regarding the four last things. In so believing, these priests, theologians, and lay people make Our Blessed Lord to be a liar, for He Himself spoke more of hell, judgment, and damnation than all the law and prophets combined.
You could say, it was rather an important topic to the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. He seemed to stress it quite a bit. And woe to those blind guides and whitewashed sepulchers that tell people differently!
A very good sermon from a traditional priest below. At least in traditional parishes, the reality of death, judgment, Heaven, and hell, is something that is clearly highlighted, as it very much should be. And as it was for the first 1932 years (1965-33) of the Church’s existence.
http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/awesome-sermon-we-know-not-the-day-nor-the-hour/
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