Hell is reaffirmed by Holy Father

[johnstown_johnn]

Pope Benedict warns of the existance of Hell and its eternal pain.

Some talking heads will criticize the Pope as medieval in his reminder; others will scoff; still others will deny; some will even attack the Holy Father as mean-spirited.

In actuality, the Pope sends this message out to the world as an act of charity. It has been a long while since that four-letter word is mentioned from many pulpits.

We fear …" God and the loss of Heaven…" as we recite this in our Act of Confession, we also say, “…and dread the pains of Hell…” These words are the wake up call to those who ponder/meditate on the prayer.

But the world at large will misinterpret and renounce the Holy Father. It’s the condition of the world today.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

John, please put in a link to the speech. Thanks.

 

[johnstown_johnn]

John, please put in a link to the speech. Thanks.

The Pope was quoted today on most TV networks. I am not quoting the Pope verbatim but am presenting some of the buzz words. The speech, in its entirety, will probably be available on Catholic websites. Perhaps extracts of his speech are alreadt available in a GOOGLE SEARCH.

But the Holy Father did make this message today of the existance of Hell.

I wish I could give you more direction as I will be searching for it myself as well.

The thoughts I wrote following the “headline” are MY obsrvations. And I did NOT knowingly or unknowing state they were verbatim words of the Pope. Sorry if you were led to believe the words were more than commentary by your truly.

If you find a good link please share it with us.

Johnstown Johnny

 

[Tantum_ergo]

I’ll look but the reason I mentioned the link is that usually, when a person posts in the forums on News, etc., the moderators want a link to the source. It’s forum policy. Since you’re new (heck, I’m ‘old’ in membership and I still flub up occasionally) you might not have known the usual policy. That’s all.

 

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Pope Warns: “Hell . . . Exists and is Eternal”

 

[johnstown_johnn]

I’ll look but the reason I mentioned the link is that usually, when a person posts in the forums on News, etc., the moderators want a link to the source. It’s forum policy. Since you’re new (heck, I’m ‘old’ in membership and I still flub up occasionally) you might not have known the usual policy. That’s all.

This piece of news was a TV newsflash today. Some video of the Pope addressing a throng with a capsule of his theme on the bottom of the TV screen…I think it is called “a crawler.”

It is an improptu item and may yet find its way on sites like:

spiritdaily.com

dailycatholic.org

EWTN.com

drudgereport.com (maybe)

These are site I visit regularly and if any sites should have the entire text of his speech they should.

also insudethevatican.com would be a good place to search.

 

[Eileen_T]

God’s love is great, but hell ‘exists and is eternal,’ pope says

By John Thavis
Catholic News Service

ROME (CNS) – God’s mercy and love are great, but those who reject him should know that hell “exists and is eternal,” Pope Benedict XVI said.

The pope made the comments during a visit March 25 to a Rome parish that serves a predominantly immigrant population, including the city’s Filipino community.

In a sermon, the pope focused on what has become a running theme of his pontificate: the importance of divine love.

“Only God’s love can change from within the existence of the person and, consequently, the existence of every society, because only his infinite love liberates from sin, the root of every evil,” the pope said.

That same love is reflected in the sacrifice of Christ, who came with the concrete goal of saving souls, he said.

“Christ came to tell us that he desires all of us in heaven and that hell, which isn’t spoken about much in our time, exists and is eternal for those who close their hearts to his love,” the pope said.

The important thing is to understand that “the true enemy is attachment to sin, which can lead us to the failure of our own existence,” he said.

The pope emphasized that God also offers mercy and forgiveness for sinners. While it’s true that God represents justice, he is first of all love, he said.

“If he hates sin, it’s because he loves each person infinitely,” he said.

As a theologian, the pope wrote about hell on several occasions. In the 1968 book, “Introduction to Christianity,” he described hell as a state of existential abandonment, “the loneliness into which love can no longer reach.”

In “God and the World,” a book-length interview in 2000, he said the church reminds people of heaven and hell in order to underline that “there is a responsibility before God, that there is a judgment, that human life can either turn out right or come to disaster.”

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines hell as “the state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed.”

END

 

[Love4Nature]

Hell existed throughout times. In recent times, Our Lady, the Mother God showed Hell to Sr Lucia and her two cousins at Fatima. What proof else do we need. We know what is right and what is wrong. By knowing that, we also acknowledge that Hell do exist. Thanks to our Great Grand Parents, Adam and Eve!

 

[Steel_Arrow]

God already told us that hell is a real place. The Bible says so. Isn’t it sufficient to believe what God has already spoken, instead of waiting for the pope to affirm or reaffirm it?

 

[johnstown_johnn]

God already told us that hell is a real place. The Bible says so. Isn’t it sufficient to believe what God has already spoken, instead of waiting for the pope to affirm or reaffirm it?

Sometimes we forget and need a reminder.

 

[masondoggy]

God already told us that hell is a real place. The Bible says so. Isn’t it sufficient to believe what God has already spoken, instead of waiting for the pope to affirm or reaffirm it?

reaffirm= reminder…which sadly too many of us need these days. The Church has always taught that hell exists…that teaching has never changed. But the Pope thought it necessary to remind the world.

 

[Holly3278]

Well that is certainly good. Hell is for real and those who are not born again will go there.