St. Faustina Sees Hell

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We all tend to think of Saint Faustina as the great preacher of Divine Mercy, which she certainly was. But she was far from a believer in “cheap grace” or universalism. Not for her the “reasonable hope” of Von Balthasar or the “anonymous Christian” of Rahner. She taught us the reality of Hell and the even more terrifying reality of the damned human souls that inhabit it. I’ve written more on her vision of Hell, if anyone is interested, here:

St. Faustina Sees Hell

My question for this knowledgeable forum: Why do we hear so little of this aspect of Faustina’s teaching? We all hear about her great teaching on Mercy, we all know the Divine Mercy Chaplet, why do you think we hear so little about her teaching on Hell, from which her love of Divine Mercy (and the importance of embracing it while we yet have a chance) depend?
 
Currently reading her diary, and finally finding a fellow Catholic I can relate to. I have not reached her visions of hell yet, but I do believe I have been living in such conditions since I was little. The only thing that has kept me going is my focus on Christ and His guidance. So far I am learning a lot from St. Faustina,

“Oh inexhaustible treasure of purity of intention which makes all of our actions perfect and so pleasing to God! O Jesus, You know how weak I am; be then ever with me; guide my actions and my whole being, You who are my very best Teacher!” From the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, notebook 1, 66
 
You raise a good point. The vision of Hell by the children at Fatima is also rarely mentioned. If more people knew the whole Truth many more souls would be saved.

St. Faustina points out how many souls walk blindly into Hell.

Lord, have mercy on us all.
 
Suppression by all those who find the reality of hell to be very unpopular with the masses?? Diabolical obfuscation? I really don’t understand why this portion of St. Faustina’s message is pushed aside. the vision of hell has been given to the children at Fatima, as well as to Faustina. Fear of eternal punishment is indeed a great deterrent from sin, if one is truly made aware of our short finite bodily life and our eternal life to follow. I think of the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations that Isaiah speaks of in CH 25, v 7. Jesus also spoke of those who hear but will not listen or understand. jesus himself told us in John CH 12 v 48 Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day. Pray for all those lost in darkness that they may receive the Holy spirit before they die in their sins and suffer eternal damnation. We can carry the message, but we cannot force anyone to accept it. Keep on carrying the message, my friend.
 
Pax Christi!

Not only St. Faustina and the Fatima seers, but also St. John Bosco, many others, and (oh, yeah!) our Lord also taught the horrible reality of hell.

It’s unsettling, therefore unpopular.

Yes, diabolical disorientation is involved.

Pray! Teach!

God bless.
 
svid2 said:
Pax Christi!

Not only St. Faustina and the Fatima seers, but also St. John Bosco, many others, and (oh, yeah!) our Lord also taught the horrible reality of hell.

It’s unsettling, therefore unpopular.

Yes, diabolical disorientation is involved.

Pray! Teach!

God bless.
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I agree. This aspect of Catholic doctrine is often sadly ignored. 😦
 
Thank You for this Blog Post. I enjoyed it and learned from it.
 
The interesting question is just how to get the message to those who would benefit from it? The people in church on Sunday, maybe a few of them need it. But those that really need it are not there on Sunday.

Here is a story with a different twist from a friend of ours. Her son came home from catholic school one day and was almost crying. His mom asked him what was wrong. And he said, “dad is going to hell”. The boy was referring to his dad who didn’t go to church. It took a while to straighten that out.
 
fred_conty said:
The interesting question is just how to get the message to those who would benefit from it? The people in church on Sunday, maybe a few of them need it. But those that really need it are not there on Sunday.

Here is a story with a different twist from a friend of ours. Her son came home from catholic school one day and was almost crying. His mom asked him what was wrong. And he said, “dad is going to hell”. The boy was referring to his dad who didn’t go to church. It took a while to straighten that out.
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How was it “straightened out?” While we certainly don’t want to damn people to hell while they yet have time to repent, at the same time a Catholic missing Sunday Mass is, under normal circumstances, mortally sinful and, if not repented of, would lead to Hell.
 
fred_conty said:
The interesting question is just how to get the message to those who would benefit from it? The people in church on Sunday, maybe a few of them need it. But those that really need it are not there on Sunday.

Here is a story with a different twist from a friend of ours. Her son came home from catholic school one day and was almost crying. His mom asked him what was wrong. And he said, “dad is going to hell”. The boy was referring to his dad who didn’t go to church. It took a while to straighten that out.
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straightened out I assume by the idea that dad can repent before he dies. The reality of hell should be taught and the reality of sin that would damn one to hell needs to be taught. How else can we know if no one teaches us? as per the Ethiopian eunuch to Phillip in Acts Ch8 vv 27 - 39.
 
KrazyKat said:
You raise a good point. The vision of Hell by the children at Fatima is also rarely mentioned. If more people knew the whole Truth many more souls would be saved.

St. Faustina points out how many souls walk blindly into Hell.

Lord, have mercy on us all.
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The notion that souls walk blindly into hell is troubling. That statement would seem to be inaccurate, given that if a person was blind or ignorant, their will would not be involved and thus, no mortal sin. No mortal sin, no hell.
 
Thorns said:
The notion that souls walk blindly into hell is troubling. That statement would seem to be inaccurate, given that if a person was blind or ignorant, their will would not be involved and thus, no mortal sin. No mortal sin, no hell.
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We don’t have to choose Hell to end up in Hell, we just have to commit a mortal sin and not repent. In a very true sense when we commit a mortal sin we are choosing Hell, but we need not be cognizant that we are choosing Hell. Indeed, St Faustina tells us that, “most of the souls there (in Hell) are those who disbelieved that there is a hell.” In this sense souls are “walking blindly” into Hell, in the sense that they don’t believe their sins will actually lead them to Hell.
 
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