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1 posted on 05/01/2014 6:46:08 AM PDT by NYer

To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...

From the Diary of St. Faustina ...

" Today, I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I saw: the first torture that constitutes hell is the loss of God; the second is perpetual remorse of conscience; the third is that one’s condition will never change; the fourth is the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it, a terrible suffering, since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God’s anger; the fifth torture is conditional darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own; the sixth torture is the constant company of satan, the seventh torture is horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies. These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings, related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me. Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin. I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like. I, sister Faustina, by the order of God, have visited the abysses of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence. I cannot speak about it now; but I have received a command from God to leave it in writing. The devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God. What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell. When I came to, I could hardly recover from the fright. How terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God’s mercy upon them. O my Jesus, I would rather be in agony until the end of the world, amidst the greatest sufferings, then offend You by the least sin. (Diary 741).

Visions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven according to St. Faustina

2 posted on 05/01/2014 6:46:35 AM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)

C.S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters

“Cards are as good as murder, if cards to the trick.”

Meaning, the sin need not be spectacular, as long as Satan wins the soul.

6 posted on 05/01/2014 6:56:20 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)

I don’t think God sends anyone to hell.

I think we send ourselves there when we reject God and God’s love, and commit sins against Him, especially sins against charity. And I believe people who are Hell-bound also experience that here in earth as they create a hell around them.

And I think the WORST part of Hell is the total absolute absence of God. The only thing that gives me hope for myself is that God is all forgiving as well as all just, and if you try to lead a decent life, avoid committing sins and seek forgiveness for those you do commit from God, He will save you.

There is more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 100 who have no need of repentence.

7 posted on 05/01/2014 7:03:54 AM PDT by ZULU (Devil Patrick FREE Justina Pelletier!!!)

Satan’s greatest lie: “I do not exist.”

8 posted on 05/01/2014 7:07:34 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)

president obammy will surely end up in hell.
He is a mooselimb, not a Christian who has accepted Jesus as his savior and the son of GOD,

11 posted on 05/01/2014 7:21:00 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)

Good (important) article! Thank you. Diary of a Country Priest was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson. Interestingly, this movie was recommended to me recently (and I've viewed it twice so far) by one of the more outspoken anti-Catholicism commenters on Free Republic. I will forever be thankful for her tip, as the movie is extraordinary. We purchased from Amazon (paid $65; the quality is great), and, if interested, there are good reviews to read at the link too:
Diary of a Country Priest
Trailer

19 posted on 05/01/2014 8:12:49 AM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)

23 posted on 05/01/2014 8:24:52 AM PDT by ex-snook (God forgives and forgets.)

To: NYer; zot; Salvation; Biggirl; ZULU

I once visited Hell, Michigan. I have never visited Hell, Norway.

Is spiritual Hell like Dante envisioned? I don’t know and hope not to find out. I do believe that there is a “Hell-like” place where the souls of those who follow evil ways and do evil things, and never accept the salvation of Christ, acknowledge their sins, and reform their ways to align themselves with Jesus’ teachings.

And I agree with ZULU’s post # 7, in which he said:
“I think we send ourselves there when we reject God and God’s love....”

27 posted on 05/01/2014 8:26:53 AM PDT by GreyFriar ( Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)

29 posted on 05/01/2014 8:36:41 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

I don`t know but I think if we believe in the father and his son Jesus Christ we will be saved and since sin can not enter heaven this is taken care of by the fact that our bodies will go to the grave and be destroyed.

That is one way God could keep sin out of heaven.

The body of Jesus was changed with out being destroyed because he was sinless.

Surely it is not even thinkable that good, respectable Catholics might take themselves there.

Yes if Christians can go to hell when they decide they do not believe then certainly Catholics can also go there.

31 posted on 05/01/2014 9:02:18 AM PDT by ravenwolf

So many Christians dismiss the saints, and it is a shame, as Christ groomed them as mouthpieces for/of Him.

St. Catherine of Siena on hell

32 posted on 05/01/2014 9:10:31 AM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)

I had a tour of a museum in France, and the museum tour guide explained a 3 panel painting from an earlier century. The right panel was full of light and a few people moving toward the high point. The middle panel was missing. The last panel was in black and white very dreary and showed many people going downwards (falling) and miserable. I don’t remember all that she said, but the picture is still in my mind as an indication of Heaven and Hell.

I had a new friend a couple of years ago that had a very serious heart attack and was in overtime that most of the medical team wanted to declare death, but the doctor continued. He recalls seeing a few happy people going upwards and many falling downwards from an out of body experience. He recovered, but his story reminded me of the painting.

I had a friend that we would discuss (argue) about politics and the Catholic Church. He had his mind made up and logic and reason didn’t seem to find an opening. He was a bapitzed Catholic, but denied God and religion. I spent time with him the day before he died and offered to have a priest visit, but was refused. I have concerns of where he is now.

I do believe in Heaven and Hell. Even with God’s Divine Mercy, there is a Last Judgment.

We can imagine the pain and suffering that Jesus went through on the cross. Do we understand the pain and suffering that he suffers when we sin and reject GOD?

62 posted on 05/01/2014 2:57:05 PM PDT by ADSUM

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:23-26

Hmmmmmmmmm..... Wonder how the Lord interprets rich????

68 posted on 05/02/2014 5:47:00 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)

No one is going to wind up in hell because it does not exist.

Where in the “Old” Testament does it say there is an eternal hell? It is UNBIBLICAL.

The Hebrew Scriptures came first, BTW.

Judaism came around LONG before Christianity.

77 posted on 06/17/2014 5:38:39 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)

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