Also, there are a lot of liars who say St. Dominic did NOT get the Rosary from our Lady. This is nothing more than an opinion with the aim of undermining the truth faith. Dominic was given the Rosary by our Lady. Many libraries were burnt to the ground in those days which is why our direct historical account of our Lady and Dominic is no longer there. But Dominic did preach the life events of Christ, the ones in the Rosary, and he did put them into Mary's Psalter by our Lady's command.
THis man is EXACTLY right. I went over to CatholicAnswers dot c0-m one time to try and talk about an issue and they blocked me. In my opinion the structure of the Catholic Church has been hijacked by heretics. I am not sorry that the traditional faith is the one only True faith. I have supernatural faith that is absolute, and not relativistic. And that's it
that's right stick with the True Church, because everything else is going to fail but the Catholic Church will stand forever and the Pope is our vicar !!!
thats right stick with the True Church, because everything else is going to fail but the Catholic Church will stand forever and the Pope is our vicar !!!
It would be absurd to presume that hell is empty. This would deny all of the apparitions at Fatima and the teaching and experiences of countless lives of the saints who saw and interceded for souls headed to hell.
When people tell me that Hell is empty, I answer the following: That in faith we do not know how full or empty Hell is (except for the big names like the Devil), but out of hope when can hope that everyone who was in mortal sin repented before dying.
When Jesus declares that He will separate humans into two groups leading one to heaven and the other in hell, would it be wise to still hope for a hell void of any human soul?
As I mentioned, except for the big names. In other words, we can hope (key word, hope: we can pray for hell to be as empty as possible but we cannot believe that hell is as empty as possible) that hell has so few souls that it appears to be empty.
Unless I am mistaken, when Jesus separates humans into two groups, in theory one group could be only a dozen people and the other could be almost the whole of humanity.
one soul going to hell is already too many, for it is one soul that used his/her free will to go against God's plan. For God created the whole universe so that that very soul could decide to love Him and enter heaven.
Also, technically many could be a dozen (or less). Just as we do not know how empty hell is, we are not sure how full it is either.
A soul condemning itself to hell ought to bring great pain to a Christian, and that is why we have to pray for that soul to repent.
The quantity of "many" is not relevant at all, since in context, Jesus provides for a striking contrast; i.e.:
many will go to hell
few will go to heaven
so regardless of the number, the intended message is that there will be more souls going to hell than heaven.
As for the last statement, I wholeheartedly agree: it is a dictate of charity to pray for the conversion of all humans, also our enemies that they may be saved.
be careful, you are starting to confuse charity with pity. Pity is sinful, an outcome of pride. One cannot pray for something the person believes impossible. If one says "God, I know those people are in hell, but I still have to pray for their salvation", one is not praying for others, there is no charity nor compassion; at most there is pity.
When you quote Matthew 7:13-14 you seem to be saying that the path to destruction means going to hell, while the path to salvation means going to heaven. The path to destruction is a sinful life, the path to salvation is a holy life. And very few people live in holiness, while several live in sin.
While living a holy life is a guaranteed path to heaven, living in sin can lead to heaven or to hell. It depends on the severity of the sin, and the remorse of the sinner.
By the norm the holy life leads to heaven and the sinful life leads to hell. To suggest a "destruction" to happen in heaven or otherwise seems quite odd to me.
Living in mortal sin certainly does not lead to heaven.
There is really no real "destruction" at the end of the road, if it meant heaven.
Sin IS destruction (both mortal and venial sins). Living in sin IS following the path of destruction.
By norm a person goes directly to heaven if in life of grace (holiness), and a person goes directly to hell if in mortal sin. The rest of us are in a difficult situation, not being holy enough to be in God's presence, yet not having closed ourselves completely from God and hence condemning ourselves to hell. What happens to us who die in venial sin (hence who followed the path of destruction)?
Venial sin wounds our relationship with God, but does no destroy it. Being separated from God, from the bond of charity, is the destruction caused by mortal sins - which unconfessed - lead a soul upon death to eternal damnation.
Those who die in venial sin can go to heaven through purgatory.
Step 3 I say that: Type Z are in Group A. Type Y and Type X are in Group B. Type Y are the majority of people. Sin in all its forms is destructive; hence when Jesus says path he is referring to a life rather than the end destination. Step 4: You say: Type Z and Type Y are in Group A. Type X are in Group B. Venial sin weakens, while mortal sin destroys our relationship to God; hence when Jesus says path he is referring to the end destination rather than the life.
No, Jesus says: "the way that leads to destruction": thus he refers both to the path and the destination, i.e. destruction.
It is therefore wrong to simply equate the path with the destination. One may have been on the path to destruction all his life and repent shortly befroe death.
There are two problems with Step 4. The first is that it assumes that the majority of people live in mortal sin, which is probably incorrect (but it is possible).
We have to remember that outside the Church there is no salvation and invincible ignorance is - by teaching - the only possibility to diminish one's own sinfulness.
If we were then to say that all people - whether baptized or not - go to heaven through purgatory despite their personal sins and lack of the Catholic Christian faith, then perhaps we should stop preaching the truth that more may be saved through ignorance?
The second problem is far more important. When Jesus refers to Group A (the path to salvation) he describes it as something worth doing, something worth following; with Step 4 a life of venial sin is something worth doing! Sin is not only an insult to God, but is also harmful to the human soul, I firmly hold that a life of venial sin is not something that is encouraged by Jesus Christ.
If I take the time and make the effort to neatly organize the argument, you should be kind enough to specify what aspect of it are you disagreeing with.
Either say, "it is fine as you wrote it", or say "Step N, line n is wrong because of...". You are just asking another question instead of answering any of the proposed one [here is an example of what that looks like: I ask "Is the sun green?" and you answer "green is the color of grass and plants, are you saying that green is better than blue?")
I am saying that you may well have misunderstood me.
I did not equate the path with the destination: one can only speak of "probabilities" when dealing with paths in regards to the "possible" destination: since in the end, only God knows the state of a person upon death.
This is a false statement. If it were true, then it would be impossible to know if certain people are in Heaven, and hence we would be idolaters because we call certain specific people saints.
An advantage that the Church has had since Her conception is that most beautiful philosophy and most glorious theology have blossomed in Her womb. Hence everything She teaches is consistent.
If some of my statements seem to come to unsavory results, then that means I am not understanding. Do the same.
I guess I am too much of a philosopher, but when you were talking about possibilities you used the plural paths, not the singular path.
Regardless, if your final conclusion is that we do not know (except for the big names) who is in hell, then I have to agree with you. For that was my starting proposition.
when I got accepted to the philosophy master's a public policy professor who attends the political philosophy workshop heard about it, and just said: "I could have told you that!"
I think that I am so very bad in geography and biology that God felt sorry when He created me and gave me an inclination for philosophy...
Also, there are a lot of liars who say St. Dominic did NOT get the Rosary from our Lady. This is nothing more than an opinion with the aim of undermining the truth faith. Dominic was given the Rosary by our Lady. Many libraries were burnt to the ground in those days which is why our direct historical account of our Lady and Dominic is no longer there. But Dominic did preach the life events of Christ, the ones in the Rosary, and he did put them into Mary's Psalter by our Lady's command.
frost122585 5 months ago
THis man is EXACTLY right. I went over to CatholicAnswers dot c0-m one time to try and talk about an issue and they blocked me. In my opinion the structure of the Catholic Church has been hijacked by heretics. I am not sorry that the traditional faith is the one only True faith. I have supernatural faith that is absolute, and not relativistic. And that's it
frost122585 5 months ago
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frost122585 5 months ago
that's right stick with the True Church, because everything else is going to fail but the Catholic Church will stand forever and the Pope is our vicar !!!
johnrigs321 1 year ago
thats right stick with the True Church, because everything else is going to fail but the Catholic Church will stand forever and the Pope is our vicar !!!
johnrigs321 1 year ago
May Father Francis bless all his familiy there
great homily
...from Argentina
cublop 2 years ago
Great homily and great speaker.
Thanks for posting this video and also, thanks to my friend BlackCappa for sharing this video.
God bless all faithful servants of God.
dodge0808 2 years ago
we can take it few pray the Rosary also, hence so many Heresies today.
I can understand what God was saying about luke warmness!
all these graces going to waste, it is heart breaking to know all we have to do is pray.
TheKorban 2 years ago
the sedevacantists to me are the largest heretics
TheEcumenator 2 years ago
It would be absurd to presume that hell is empty. This would deny all of the apparitions at Fatima and the teaching and experiences of countless lives of the saints who saw and interceded for souls headed to hell.
hmblue 2 years ago
Thank you Father. Thank You. Great Homily!
I wish more people could hear this!
Peace!
tobit100 2 years ago
When people tell me that Hell is empty, I answer the following: That in faith we do not know how full or empty Hell is (except for the big names like the Devil), but out of hope when can hope that everyone who was in mortal sin repented before dying.
Is this a correct understanding of the truth?
japg88 2 years ago
When Jesus declares that He will separate humans into two groups leading one to heaven and the other in hell, would it be wise to still hope for a hell void of any human soul?
BlackCappa 2 years ago
As I mentioned, except for the big names. In other words, we can hope (key word, hope: we can pray for hell to be as empty as possible but we cannot believe that hell is as empty as possible) that hell has so few souls that it appears to be empty.
Unless I am mistaken, when Jesus separates humans into two groups, in theory one group could be only a dozen people and the other could be almost the whole of humanity.
japg88 2 years ago
When Jesus separates the two, He does so in accordance to His own words that "many are they who go on the wide path" which leads to destruction.
I guess one can hope and pray for an"emptier" hell, but I doubt it would change anything as the word of Christ is truth.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
one soul going to hell is already too many, for it is one soul that used his/her free will to go against God's plan. For God created the whole universe so that that very soul could decide to love Him and enter heaven.
Also, technically many could be a dozen (or less). Just as we do not know how empty hell is, we are not sure how full it is either.
A soul condemning itself to hell ought to bring great pain to a Christian, and that is why we have to pray for that soul to repent.
japg88 2 years ago
The quantity of "many" is not relevant at all, since in context, Jesus provides for a striking contrast; i.e.:
many will go to hell
few will go to heaven
so regardless of the number, the intended message is that there will be more souls going to hell than heaven.
As for the last statement, I wholeheartedly agree: it is a dictate of charity to pray for the conversion of all humans, also our enemies that they may be saved.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
be careful, you are starting to confuse charity with pity. Pity is sinful, an outcome of pride. One cannot pray for something the person believes impossible. If one says "God, I know those people are in hell, but I still have to pray for their salvation", one is not praying for others, there is no charity nor compassion; at most there is pity.
japg88 2 years ago
I am pretty sure I was not confusing charity with pity.
Compassion is not the samw with pity either.
And to pray for people in hell is quite pointless.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
compassion and charity are very similar, while pity is normally an outcome of pride.
japg88 2 years ago
And you should not be mistaken by thinking that I am feeling pity out of pride: which is the sentiment I am getting from your remarks.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
Also, do not confuse a virtuous life with heaven. Jesus is talking about sainthood on earth, being difficult to find, while a sinful life is common.
But sinful people can also enter heaven after a period of purification.
japg88 2 years ago
Once again, I do not confuse these things.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
When you quote Matthew 7:13-14 you seem to be saying that the path to destruction means going to hell, while the path to salvation means going to heaven. The path to destruction is a sinful life, the path to salvation is a holy life. And very few people live in holiness, while several live in sin.
While living a holy life is a guaranteed path to heaven, living in sin can lead to heaven or to hell. It depends on the severity of the sin, and the remorse of the sinner.
japg88 2 years ago
By the norm the holy life leads to heaven and the sinful life leads to hell. To suggest a "destruction" to happen in heaven or otherwise seems quite odd to me.
Living in mortal sin certainly does not lead to heaven.
There is really no real "destruction" at the end of the road, if it meant heaven.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
Sin IS destruction (both mortal and venial sins). Living in sin IS following the path of destruction.
By norm a person goes directly to heaven if in life of grace (holiness), and a person goes directly to hell if in mortal sin. The rest of us are in a difficult situation, not being holy enough to be in God's presence, yet not having closed ourselves completely from God and hence condemning ourselves to hell. What happens to us who die in venial sin (hence who followed the path of destruction)?
japg88 2 years ago
Venial sin wounds our relationship with God, but does no destroy it. Being separated from God, from the bond of charity, is the destruction caused by mortal sins - which unconfessed - lead a soul upon death to eternal damnation.
Those who die in venial sin can go to heaven through purgatory.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
Here is my understanding of the argument. Step 1
Jesus divides people into two categories:
Group B are the many who follow the path of destruction.
Group A are the few who follow the path to salvation.
Step 2
We divide people into three types:
Type Z are the people who live a holy life.
Type Y are the people who live a life of venial sin.
Type X are the people who live a life of mortal sin.
japg88 2 years ago
japg88 2 years ago
No, Jesus says: "the way that leads to destruction": thus he refers both to the path and the destination, i.e. destruction.
It is therefore wrong to simply equate the path with the destination. One may have been on the path to destruction all his life and repent shortly befroe death.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
(from Step 1, line 2 we can assume that Type X are the majority of people)
japg88 2 years ago
There are two problems with Step 4. The first is that it assumes that the majority of people live in mortal sin, which is probably incorrect (but it is possible).
japg88 2 years ago
Is laziness to seek truth a mortal sin?
We have to remember that outside the Church there is no salvation and invincible ignorance is - by teaching - the only possibility to diminish one's own sinfulness.
If we were then to say that all people - whether baptized or not - go to heaven through purgatory despite their personal sins and lack of the Catholic Christian faith, then perhaps we should stop preaching the truth that more may be saved through ignorance?
This seems absurd to me.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
The second problem is far more important. When Jesus refers to Group A (the path to salvation) he describes it as something worth doing, something worth following; with Step 4 a life of venial sin is something worth doing! Sin is not only an insult to God, but is also harmful to the human soul, I firmly hold that a life of venial sin is not something that is encouraged by Jesus Christ.
japg88 2 years ago
I agree that a life of venial sin is not something encouraged by Christ, since all sin is an offence against charity and God is charity.
A "life of venial sin" sounds like a life of vices already.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
If I take the time and make the effort to neatly organize the argument, you should be kind enough to specify what aspect of it are you disagreeing with.
Either say, "it is fine as you wrote it", or say "Step N, line n is wrong because of...". You are just asking another question instead of answering any of the proposed one [here is an example of what that looks like: I ask "Is the sun green?" and you answer "green is the color of grass and plants, are you saying that green is better than blue?")
japg88 2 years ago
I thought my response was clear enough to be directed at the following words of yours:
"hence when Jesus says path he is referring to the end destination rather than the life"
BlackCappa 2 years ago
So, do you mean that I am interpreting what you said incorrectly and/or that Step 4 line 5 is wrong belief?
japg88 2 years ago
I am saying that you may well have misunderstood me.
I did not equate the path with the destination: one can only speak of "probabilities" when dealing with paths in regards to the "possible" destination: since in the end, only God knows the state of a person upon death.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
This is a false statement. If it were true, then it would be impossible to know if certain people are in Heaven, and hence we would be idolaters because we call certain specific people saints.
An advantage that the Church has had since Her conception is that most beautiful philosophy and most glorious theology have blossomed in Her womb. Hence everything She teaches is consistent.
If some of my statements seem to come to unsavory results, then that means I am not understanding. Do the same.
japg88 2 years ago
I was speaking not on the path that leads to heaven, but that which leads to destruction, i.e. damnation, i.e. hell.
If the CHurch does teach to know whether someone specifically is in hell, then I admit, I made a mistake.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
I guess I am too much of a philosopher, but when you were talking about possibilities you used the plural paths, not the singular path.
Regardless, if your final conclusion is that we do not know (except for the big names) who is in hell, then I have to agree with you. For that was my starting proposition.
japg88 2 years ago
Right, that was a mistake on my part.
I agree with your statement.
BlackCappa 2 years ago
btw:
yes, you are too much of a philosopher xD
BlackCappa 2 years ago
lol, you are probably right.
when I got accepted to the philosophy master's a public policy professor who attends the political philosophy workshop heard about it, and just said: "I could have told you that!"
I think that I am so very bad in geography and biology that God felt sorry when He created me and gave me an inclination for philosophy...
japg88 2 years ago
lmao..you're making me feel bad...I am not good in either philosophy or biology and I am a mess in math!
BlackCappa 2 years ago
Powerful and courageous. What a warrior you are. God be with you. Always!
Lanark8 2 years ago