>>You must agree with another poster who recently joined this site ("Maximilian"), who maintains that 99% of all Catholics are in the state of mortal sin.
Here's another cure for presumption (meaning unwarranted confidence in salvation), read this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/766975/posts
I guess it's no longer such a shock to think of a priest dying with unconfessed mortal sins on his soul. But it's a scary prospect that should alarm all of us.
Since this priest was admittedly lax with himself, I can imagine that he was lax with his parishioners as well. In fact, he says that Christ told him so to his face. I'll bet he's become a regular Cure of Ars today.
Thinking of our final end is the time-tested method to begin our spiritual life, a method endorsed by all the great saints. For most of us, that means contemplating imminent eternal damnation. Until we face that reality, we are only fooling ourselves about being Catholics, or even "religious."
Thinking of our final end is the time-tested method to begin our spiritual life, a method endorsed by all the great saints. For most of us, that means contemplating imminent eternal damnation. Until we face that reality, we are only fooling ourselves about being Catholics, or even "religious." So, are 99% of Catholics (by your estimation), not really Catholic? You have quite a light on the soul of your fellow men, I must say.