Is it true that our sins will be seen by all at Judgment

[Windfish]

Luke 12:1-3

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

I’ve seen this passage used by a few Catholics to support the notion that all our sins will be seen by all at Judgment. What do you think? More importantly, does the Church teach anything on this?

 

[CatholicZ09]

Yes; however, take wit to what Isaiah 31:33-34 says about sins:

But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." - Isaiah 31:33-34

Thus, if you repent of your sins and receive God’s forgiveness in return; your sins will not be made known to all.

Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say:

1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust,"623 will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man’s] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."624 Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him. . . . Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. . . . And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."625

1039 In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare.626 The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life:
All that the wicked do is recorded, and they do not know. When “our God comes, he does not keep silence.”. . . he will turn towards those at his left hand: . . . "I placed my poor little ones on earth for you. I as their head was seated in heaven at the right hand of my Father - but on earth my members were suffering, my members on earth were in need. If you gave anything to my members, what you gave would reach their Head. Would that you had known that my little ones were in need when I placed them on earth for you and appointed them your stewards to bring your good works into my treasury. But you have placed nothing in their hands; therefore you have found nothing in my presence."627

1040 The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvelous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God’s love is stronger than death.628 1041 The message of the Last Judgment calls men to conversion while God is still giving them "the acceptable time, . . . the day of salvation."629 It inspires a holy fear of God and commits them to the justice of the Kingdom of God. It proclaims the “blessed hope” of the Lord’s return, when he will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed.“630”

Honestly, most of us will be worried about our own sins rather than someone else’s. We will not judge anyone at the Judgment as Jesus says to “judge not lest ye be judged.” (Matt. 25:37)

 

[graceandglory]

Luke 12:1-3

I’ve seen this passage used by a few Catholics to support the notion that all our sins will be seen by all at Judgment. What do you think? More importantly, does the Church teach anything on this?

My CCD teacher did. Maybe that’s what’s kept me al these years from the road to perdition.

 

[InspiritCarol]

Well, since it 's a sin to judge others, no-one but God should/could be paying attention to these thangs at that point anyway.

Or am I missing something?

 

[Windfish]

Honestly, most of us will be worried about our own sins rather than someone else’s. We will not judge anyone at the Judgment as Jesus says to “judge not lest ye be judged.” (Matt. 25:37)

Wait a second, though, I thought you just said that if we repent and we receive forgiveness (through the Sacrament) that our sins would be forgotten and NOT be made known. Did I understand you correctly?

 

[CatholicZ09]

Wait a second, though, I thought you just said that if we repent and we receive forgiveness (through the Sacrament) that our sins would be forgotten and NOT be made known. Did I understand you correctly?

Yes; however, that is if you REPENT. If you do not repent, then they will be made known.

 

[InspiritCarol]

Ephesians 5:13 answers this well.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”

15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

 

[Evan]

Yes; however, that is if you REPENT. If you do not repent, then they will be made known.

WE HAVE A CONTRADITION

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In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare. The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life:
All that the wicked do is recorded, and they do not know. When “our God comes, he does not keep silence.”. . . he will turn towards those at his left hand: . . . “I placed my poor little ones on earth for you. I as their head was seated in heaven at the right hand of my Father - but on earth my members were suffering, my members on earth were in need. If you gave anything to my members, what you gave would reach their Head. Would that you had known that my little ones were in need when I placed them on earth for you and appointed them your stewards to bring your good works into my treasury. But you have placed nothing in their hands; therefore you have found nothing in my presence.”