Did he repent?
“... especially those in most need of Thy mercy.”
Can we hope?
Last night our RCIA (an instruction class for adults coming into the Catholic Church) had a lesson on “The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell.” The uncomfortable paradox: that God, who is the Source of the Splendor of Light and the sweet exhilaration of Love, is also the Source of our great but dreadful Liberty: the radical ability to say Yes or No.
God is a genius at pulling people through that Time-Space Wormhole called Death and setting them up, alive (if shaken) on the other side. But it always involves your Yes. It always involves clingng in the dark to Someone you can’t see, but Who’s saying, “I can pull you through. Believe. Trust. Love. Hold on.”
“Hold on!”
Christopher, we hope you said “Yes.” It’s all we can hope for now.