What if I die en route to confession in state of mortal sin?

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I’m not making this stuff up:

Catholic Encyclopedia, Merit:
“With this last condition the council wished also to inculcate the salutary truth that sanctifying grace may be lost by mortal sin, and that the loss of the state of grace ipso facto entails the forfeiture of all merits however great. Even the greatest saint, should he die in the state of mortal sin, arrives in eternity as an enemy of God with empty hands, just as if during life he had never done anything, meritorious.”
 
Maybe then the churches should offer confession every day? Seems to me it isn’t fair that our souls are in such danger if we don’t confess our sins yet most churches only listen to confessions for one hour before the Sunday vigil Mass on Saturdays. I’ve actually seen priests turn people away because they were in line but the priest had to go prepare for Mass. What then happens to that person if they die following that? They go to hell according to you?
 
It’s not according to me, it’s according to what the Church has taught. I’m simply pointing it out.

Scripture says that few are saved, so the bar is obviously set very high to get into heaven. As my pastor says, “God only wants strong Catholics in heaven”.

Go to confession once or twice a month to be safe.
 
Yes, if in mortal sin. And God can grant absolution for mortal sin apart from the sacrament if he so chooses.
 
You are speaking of perfect contrition, which we already agreed can bring the soul back into the state of grace before reaching the confessional. These are the only 2 ways to bring the soul into the state of grace.
 
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
CCC 1257 God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments.
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God can operate outside the sacraments to dispense grace and salvation. He is their author, so He can do that. Of course, we don’t want to presume that He will do so and use that as an excuse to be lazy and/or to avoid amending our lives and/or to stay away from the sacraments.

But to say that the guy who gets hit by a truck walking towards the Church for Confession is just out of luck and going to hell is preposterous. Do we really imagine God is not going to factor in his intent to go to Confession when He makes His judgment? That’s why all those who die as they prepare to be baptized have long been held to have the “Baptism by desire.” This would be the same principle.
 
Personally, I believe in a merciful God. That God would know that you were repentant and on your way to confession. So, he might allow for a little more time in Purgatory, but I doubt you would be banished to Hell.
 
Ron_Conte said:
If you made an act of perfect contrition, prior to death, then you were returned to the state of grace by that act, despite not being able to get to confession before death. All who die in the state of grace will have eternal life in Heaven (perhaps after a short or long stay in Purgatory).

If you had only imperfect contrition, then dying before confession (or before the anointing of the sick) would mean you died in a state of actual mortal sin. Everyone who dies in the state of actual mortal sin (and therefore without the state of grace) is sent to Hell.
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I agree. I just worded differently in my earlier post.
 
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