Help! Please tell me what is the best way to handle all the naysayers and doomsdayers predicting the end of the world and all kinds of horrid endtime scenarios? I read Our lady’s messages and am excited and hopeful because it seems more people are praying and turning to God. Then, I log on to a Catholic website and am upset by all the negativity. I’ve read and I know that fear is from the evil one. God gives us peace and joy. But what is the correct Catholic response to all the gloom and doom? God bless!
Cindy
For starters the term is not ‘doomsdayers’, its doom-Sayers. Unless it’s a typo in your post as D and S are right next to each other on the keyboard.
I am assuming what you are trying to ask is whether we’re supposed to buy into the paranoia or not. Is that what you’re asking?
In that case, there really isn’t a specific WAY we’re supposed to choose. It’s really up to the individual.
If you read the Book of Revelation, yeah it’s all these horrible things like death, famine, war, strife, plagues, etc. yes, all that’s horrible and what not. But the last few chapters of Revelation deal with a sudden stop and a restoration of things to the way they should be, and ends with a thousand years of peace. At the end of those thousand years of peace, everyone gets to heaven to be with Christ forever. So as bad as all the horrible stuff is, it still ends with hope and renewal.
Sort of like ranchers. Ranchers will occasionally burn off the dead pastures to make new grass grow. Revelation is sort of Gods version of the same thing. Except since he’s God, it will be the only one time that he needs to do it.
I hope that answers you’re question. (Sorry it was kinda vague to me so I hope that’s what you were asking.
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