Monday Musings - Where Is the Zeal for the Salvation of Souls?
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His zeal to save souls knew no limits. He reportedly spent every night in prayer tearfully asking God, “What will become of sinners?”
Does such zeal for the salvation of souls exist today?
In a recent post on Missio Dei, Kaleb Hammond questioned how many individuals in the world today believe that:
“Jesus
is the one and only way to salvation, without whom we cannot enter heaven" and
“Hell
is a real possibility for each of us and that Heaven is guaranteed to no one.”
Not many, he concluded, since we live in a culture that believes one religion is "just as good as another" and that all of us will go to heaven. I highly recommend that you read his post, The Heresy of Universalism. Here is a link.
Sadly, Kaleb is right. Our Church has long abandoned its primary duty - the salvation of souls. Not enough of its leaders have shed a tear over the countless souls who have lost their souls because of their failure to teach the Truth and their decision to remain silent in the face of rampant heresy.
Although we can do little for those souls who have already stood before the Throne of Justice, the sons and daughters of St. Dominic have neither quit the battle for souls nor lost their zeal for doing so. As long as the Order of Preachers continues being faithful to preaching the Truth and their mission to save souls, the proponents of religious indifferentism and universal salvation will, in God’s perfect timing, be defeated.
In the meanwhile, we must not remain silent in the face of lies and untruths. We must engage in the battle to save souls. We must know, teach, fraternally correct, live and defend the Truths of our Catholic Faith.
We must join our prayers
and tears with those offered and shed by St. Dominic during his lifetime –
unwilling to concede, from this point forward, the loss of even one more soul.