Sunday, July 19, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 53 - Part I.
(Youcat answer) Our faith calls “hell” the condition of
final separation from God. Anyone who sees love clearly in the face of God and,
nevertheless, does not want it decides freely to have this condition instead.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 1033) We cannot be united with God unless we freely
choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him,
against our neighbor or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains
in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no
murderer has eternal life abiding in him" (1 Jn 3:14-15). Our Lord warns
us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of
the poor and the little ones who are his brethren (Cf. Mt 25:31-46). To die in
mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining
separated from him for ever by our own free choice. This state of definitive
self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called
"hell."
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Jesus, who knows what hell is like,
speaks about it as the “outer darkness” (Mt 8:12). Expressed in our terms, it
is cold rather than hot. It is horrible to contemplate a condition of complete
rigidity and hopeless isolation from everything that could bring aid, relief,
joy, and consolation into one’s life.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1036 a) The affirmations of Sacred Scripture and the
teachings of the Church on the subject of hell are a call to the responsibility incumbent upon man to make use of his
freedom in view of his eternal destiny. They are at the same time an urgent call to conversion: "Enter by the
narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to
destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the
way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few" (Mt
7:13-14).
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