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Worth Revisiting - Musings On Sin and the Salvation of Souls

Thank you once again, Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at Theology Is A Verb  for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with you and your followers.

Musings on Sin and The Salvation of Souls

(Originally published May 13, 2013)


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If one un-confessed mortal sin will result in eternal damnation, then how can we be so complacent about sin and about the salvation of souls?

Why are so many in the Catholic Church lightening quick to voice their public support for favored legislative proposals like immigration and health care reforms, international treaties, global warming initiatives or gun control, but virtually silent on the teachings of Humanae Vitae,  or when the military seeks to prohibit a soldier or his chaplain from sharing their faith, or when self-identified Catholic politicians persistently and obstinately seek to expand abortion services, promote gay marriage and other intrinsic evils, or when a retired Bishop publicly challenges the teachings of his Church and the directions of his Archbishop, or when priests persist in grave liturgical abuses when directed not to do so, or voice support for the active homosexual lifestyle?

Why are so many in the Church more concerned about not offending unrepentant  public sinners than about those individuals losing their eternal souls and/or causing others to similarly sin and lose their souls ?


Worth Revisiting - Will We Use Our Ears To Hear?

We thank Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at Theology Is A Verb  for once again hosting Catholic bloggers at Revisiting Wednesday


It is a privilege for us to share our work with them and their followers.


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What follows is my contribution for this week:


Monday Musings - Will We Use Our Ears To Hear?

(Originally published on July 24, 2017)
Some Catholic theologians, clergy and writers teach that we should have a reasonable hope all men and women will be saved.


We should reject this erroneous prediction of  our eternal residency. Even a simple man like I can understand that this claim of universal salvation doesn't really pass the smell test. 

How could it when Jesus Himself told us: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it (Matthew 7:14)?


Less we would forget this essential Truth, from time to time our Lord has used others as His messengers. Here are just a few examples:

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