As a Catholic, I’ll pray for the repose of his soul.
I think a lot of people are going to meet Mr Teddy Kennedy in their dreams, just like my father met Frank Sinatra in his dream. During Armed Forces Radio days in early 40’s, my Dad controlled the electronics and Frank kept missing his cue. My Dad just turned on the sound, it was Frank who kept messing up, but Frank got madder and madder at my Dad. Frank finally got so angry that he threw his cigarette lighter at my Dad (he missed). Then Frank got his cues right. Well, my Dad forgot all about it, because my Dad just isn’t one to hold a grudge against ANYone (sometimes even when I think he should). A few years ago, Dad had a dream and told me the story I just told you about Frank Sinatra and that Frank had appeared in a dream (a very vivid dream) and had apologized to my Dad for the incident. My Dad said that Frank’s apology was the first time he’d thought of the occasion since it’d happened. I told my Dad: You don’t necessarily believe in a place of Purging, but I do and old Frank will not be able to enter Heaven until he’s purged himself of all the unChrist-like actions during his life.
Now, some will play God and damn both Frank and Teddy to Hell. We can’t make that call. And I think it is a presumptuous sin for anyone to try to assign someone other than Satan and his fallen angels to the place God created solely for Satan and his angelic host.
New American Standard Bible (©1995) For my Catholic family
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
King James Bible for my Protestant family members
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
HighlyOpinionated,
This protestant, Bible believer has been for some time speculating on what the Roman Catholic chiefs will do upon Teddy’s demise. That time is now at hand. Yes, it is true that we mortals do not do the judging. The Bible teaches that Jesus will judge those who are redeamed to life everlasting. In order to accomplish this, Teddy would have had to confess and repent. Not one or the other but both. Unless there is some post mortum video or written documment of Teddy renouncing his very public sins he has no chance unless of course the Bible is not accurate.
Please convince me that you are not trying to pre-empt the situation in anticipation of some Roman Catholic high official proclaming Teddy as a flawed but rightous individual. If and when this happens, it will be a travesty for the Roman Catholic Church, which should know better.