Think Heaven Is A Certain Destination For Your Soul?
We must never presume upon God's mercy. Too many of us take His mercy for granted. We do not like to think of His justice. Why Catholics are being told they all have a reasonable hope of being saved. This is not quite what many of our Saints have concluded. (Image Source: cathopic.com ) Here are two short examples: According to St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint Vincent Ferrer reported "that an archdeacon in Lyons gave up his charge and retreated into a desert place to do penance, and that he died the same day and hour as Saint Bernard. After his death, he appeared to his bishop and said to him, ‘Know, Monsignor, that at the very hour I passed away, thirty-three thousand people also died. Out of this number, Bernard and myself went up to heaven without delay, three went to purgatory, and all the others fell into Hell.' " Saint Jacinta of Fatima warned that “So many people are going to die, and almost all of them are going to Hell! So many people falling into ...