Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound you in your doings. Fear not that it will wear away your work and hinder its being accomplished. Do not say, 'Sin is mighty, wickedness is mighty, evil environment is mighty, and we are lonely and helpless, and evil environment is wearing us away and hindering our good work from being done.' Fly from that dejection, children! Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Surrender everything to Christ and told Jesus “Jesus please take care of my fear of being separated from you”and you will feel the difference when you let Jesus take care of your fear my friend, I’ve been there.

Separated from God for eternity that is the worst of all pains.

It's true, fascinating to think about but if God were to open Hell up and offer the damned pardon and paradise, they would reject it from their intractable hatred for Him. They, in a mysterious way, would rather be in literal Hell forever than humble themselves and ask forgiveness one time.

I don’t think that’s true…I’m sure some would love a second chance….

Jesus goes out of His way to offer despairing souls at death a final grace of repentance. When we know of souls that may be in spiritual peril, especially the dying, we should pray that they would respond to this grace of repentance. Jesus revealed this truth to St. Faustina, the great Apostle of Divine Mercy. In a crucial passage from the Diary of St. Faustina, Jesus converses with a despairing soul in a way that gives us reason to hope as He offers the soul this final grace and comes to it three times: Jesus: O Soul steeped in darkness, do not despair. All is not yet lost. Come and confide in your God who is love and mercy. In the soul arises this reply: "For me there is no mercy," and it falls into greater darkness, a despair which is a foretaste of hell and makes it unable to draw near to God. Jesus calls to the soul a third time, but the soul remains deaf and blind, hardened and despairing. Then the mercy of God begins to exert itself, and without any cooperation from the soul, God grants it final grace. If this too is spurned, God will leave the soul in this self-chosen disposition for eternity. This grace emerges from the merciful Heart of Jesus and gives the soul a special light by means of which the soul begins to understand God's effort; but conversion depends on its own will. The soul knows that this, for her, is final grace and, should it show even a flicker of good will, the mercy of God will accomplish the rest (1486). Notice here how far the Merciful Savior is willing to go to save the despairing soul. Yet, the soul must show at least "a flicker of good will" since its "conversion depends on its own will." Consistent with the witness of Scripture, this is the same Jesus who prayed from the cross for those who had crucified Him, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Lk 23:34). And as St. Paul tells us, God "wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim 2:4). God is, indeed, rich in mercy, but He does not force Himself upon us. Pope Benedict XVI underscored this very point in talking about Judas and his betrayal. The Holy Father said that Christ, "in His invitations [to Judas] to follow Him along the way of the beatitudes," "does not force [Judas's] will or protect it from the temptations of Satan, respecting human freedom."

@@lauradawnb It's a difficult thing for us to understand as all we know is life with time. In time you can change your mind all the time, choose to better your life at any time. But in both Heaven and Hell, time is no more. The final state we're in when we die, is the state we'll be in forever. And just as no one in Heaven can change their last disposition and go to Hell, no one in Hell can go to Heaven. Hell believe it or not exists from yes God's justice but primarily His mercy. Think about all the super anti-religious atheists and people that get pissed if you even mention the name of Jesus; do you think someone who hates God their entire life is going to want to spend eternity with Him? No, and when they die they become fixed in their hatred for Him, just as the blessed in Heaven are forever fixed in their love for God, so separation from Him to them is actually mysteriously what they want, their heart's desire, and yes a mercy.

​@@lauradawnb Outside of time the will is sealed, not wanting a second chance, hating God. According to Church Fathers.

I hope NO ONE watches this Satan’s channel. Only a creature like Satan could invent this abominable and ultra-blasphemous doctrine of eternal life for the unsaved in the so-called “hell.” “Hell” is a MISTRANSLATION of the Hebrew word “sheol” (grave, underground), and the Greek word “hades” (also grave or underground), and “Gehenna”. And Gehenna was a rubbish dump near Jerusalem where they burned the refuse and bodies of dead animals (and the worse criminals). That was a place of decay, decomposition and DESTRUCTION-not the place of eternal torment or eternal existence. So the word “hell” shouldn’t even be in the Bible. Tell me, can your electric lamp give you any light when it is UNPLUGGED from the power point-from the source of electrical energy? Or your washing machine, can it work when it is “SEPARATED” (disconnected) from the source of electrical power? And WHO is the ONLY Source of life-giving energy? Who is the ONLY SOURCE of LIFE? So what makes you think that those who have died unrepentant, unconverted, in other words “SEPARATED” from God, can exist-and exist FOREVER???! Apostle John writes: “He who has the Son has life; he who does NOT have the Son of God does NOT have life.” (1. John 5:12) “DOES NOT HAVE LIFE!!!” So if he does NOT have (eternal) life what DOES he have? Paul will tell us: “For the wages of sin is DEATH …” (Romans 6:23) He has DEATH. Eternal death-annihilation. Paul continues in the same text: “… but the gift of God is eternal LIFE in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) In the book of the prophet Ezekiel, God Himself tells us: “Behold, all souls are Mine. … . The SOUL that sinneth, the same shall DIE. (Ezekiel 18:4 Douay - Rheims) “For God So loved the world that He gave His onlybegotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should nit PERISH but have everlasting LIFE.” (John 3:16) Should we consult the dictionary for this word “PERISH” and ses if “perish” actually means “live forever”-or exist forever “SEPARATED” from the Only Source of life? John is clear: the unsaved have “NO LIFE.” (1. John 5:12) James writes: “Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of hos way will save a SOUL from DEATH and cover a multitude of sins.” (James 5:20) “‘Do I have ANY pleasure at all that the wicked should DIE?’ says the LORD GOD,’ [God says “DIE”-not live forever or burn forever in the so-called “hell”!!!] and not that he should turn from his ways and LIVE?’” (Ezekiel 18:23) “‘Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why sholuld you DIE …? For I have NO pleasure in the DEATH of the one who dies,’ says the LORD GOD. ‘Therefore turn and LIVE!’“ (Ezekiel 18:31, 32) If God clearly declares that He has NO pleasure in the DEATH of anyone who dies, how on earth can any Christian imagine that God would let the unrepentant sinners exist forever-and in some horrible place of endless torment? What a horrible, slanderous, blasphemous thought about our God!!! UNTHINKABLE! There is not a hint of “hell” or eternal existence in the so-called “hell” in these texts. But only two destinies: either LIFE or DEATH. Time to return to the Bible. Time to drop the doctrines that crept into the Church from paganism and spiritualism. Only God possesses immortality (1. Timothy 6:16), therefore only He can grant us everlasting live, when Jesus returns. Time to study the Bible diligently and see that the Bible DOES NOT teach the “immortal soul” theory, and with it closely associated doctrine of eternal existence in the so-called “hell.” The Bible teaches the RESURRECTION of the DEAD-not consciousness / life immediately after death. Please find the following texts in the Bible and consider them carefully: Matthew 16:27 John 5:28, 29 Luke 14:14 John 14:2, 3 Revelation 22:12

Nope. It's their own darkness that causes pain not His beauty.

But we know there are so many unwise people in the world who would take that as literal and think hell is a good place to be in. So I think we should avoid using any words that could confuse people.

No it does not make sense at all. It is slanderous. Slandering and blaspheming the character of God. Go and unplug your refrigerator, or your washing machine from the source of electrical energy and see if they will still work. Come on, go and “SEPARATE” them from the source of power, and see if they still work. And WHO is the ONLY SOURCE of live-giving energy? Who is the Only Source of life and consciousness? Think! And carefully consider the following texts: Romans 6:23 Ezekiel 18:4 1. John 5:12 John 3:16 (“perish”) Ezekiel 18:23, 31, 32 Matthew 16:27 John 5:28, 29 Luke 14:14 John 14:2, 3 Revelation 22:12 The doctrine of eternal life in the so-called “hell” is SATANIC. And the doctrine of the “immortal soul” is NOT scriptural.

Very nicely stated! ⚜️

where is the voice of jesus christ and his church?

Hhhmmm. Protestantism? Barely comforts my soul.

​Where do you look for God? And are you strifing to live morally correct good life to please God?

@@IsraelCountryCube pre 1960s… Pope Pius X catechism is a good start.

The visions of Hell are like blue and black similar to Limbo. Any lower and whoever is viewing those levels and layers of Hell in visions may as well be condemned to those regions and be in eternal torment when they pass on. Those transferring to Limbo are from lower portions of Hell and waiting to go to Purgatory (strictly Catholic word for the place in between to be judged of whether or not to escape Hell and be free of sins of the world). I get a lot of strange visions in dreams and nightmares.

​@@KalS-te5md Jesus is pretty clear that hell is eternal. Imma take his word on that thskks

Mama Mary pray for us

We don’t need Mary to pray for us tho we have the authority and power and faith in Christ to be able to pray to the lord Jesus Christ himself 💙 it’s humbleness we have to humble our hesrts

We dont need mary to pray for us we have authority to pray to god himself without the need of mary

When I was a Catholic, I always felt drawn to the presence of the Catholic Church being the one true church along with certain Christian churches of being faithful to God. I never felt the need to pray 50 times on the rosary to the Virgin Mary as I recognized in youth that she is not to be prayed to. You pray to God and the Messiah only while focusing your energy and attention to Heaven, the angels, and the stars above. 🙏

​@@KalS-te5mdpity. If you don't feel drawn to devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that is probably the surest sign that her most Holy spouse, the Holy Spirit, does not dwell in you.

Get out of Australia if you can

Yes! At present there are over 70,000 False, Man Made, Reformed, Heretical, Protestant, Religions and Churches who use Martin Luther's Adulterated Bible and NONE of them agree with each other...Beware of False Prophets which will come towards the end of time.

According to what I learned both from catechism classes as well as the writings of Pope Benedict XVI, when the Bible describes the feelings people have in hell, it describes them using analogies with feelings we know to describe feelings we don't know. Ratzinger guesses that a good example of that is if we try to describe the feelings of extreme loneliness and abandonment, which he guesses are the worst feelings someone can possibly have. And then he goes on to say it might be something similar to that, like some type of emotional unbearable torment, but not necessarily physical. Although, if we are between 2 lords, one being God and the other being the devil, it would make sense that if we choose to follow the rebellion against God, we'd fall under the authority of the devil, and that he could get the chance to mess with us, at least before he's finally dealt with as well.

@@lynb.3040 thanks for answering my question. Much appreciated.

In Hell, a person is in utter Chaos. Total fear, immense pain beyond comprehension and despair because it is constant and with full knowledge that there is no escape, no rest.

@@luisloya1120Hell is the opposite of anything that God said in Genesis: “And God saw that it was good.”

Trust this interpretation and the saints who have been given glimpses of the sufferings and torment in Hell. Too much of the Truth has been watered down in the last several generations because Satan is working overtime to ruin more souls. Hence, many do not even believe anymore that there is Hell. Imagine how sad "only" separation from God would be like -- there would be no reason for love, mercy, justice, peace. And evil would be allowed, not only to exist for a time (like it is now), but to FLOURISH beyond our wildest imaginations. Hell for Eternity is like that...on steroids. Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual torment with no let-up.

It's not God punishing them at that point. It's the demons that won't let people rest.. could you sleep while a demon is jabbing you with a pitchfork?

Because time doesnt exist there. The demons and the damned souls wills are absolutely fixed on resisting God and since God is everything that is good they have to suffer/be in the presence of everything that is not good. They can't return from their destiny they have chosen.

Rest, and consolations are acts of goodness, and are from God. God is absent in hell, therefore all that is good is also absent. Like others have stated, time doesn't exist outside the material, so you are experiencing everything all at once, and forever.

1. Demons are fallen angels. 2. And Satan had not yet been thrown out of heaven yet when Job happened.

@salonsarwar4557 how is that? What's the timing? Satan and the fallen angels are mentioned in Genesis as being thrown out of heaven. Jobs situation took place afterwards.

@@user-br2of4su7j God spoke with Satan and also many men from the OT, it doesn't mean any of them were in the Beatific Vision, i.e. seeing Him unveiled and face to face as St. Paul says. The devil never got to meet God in this way because he failed his one test of sacrificing his will by accepting the reign of Jesus Christ, and his subordination to Christ's holy Mother, Mary who would be Queen over all angels. See chapter 12 of Revelation, connection with woman prophesied to come in Genesis 3:15.

Fallen angels are demons. There are different levels of "standing in the presence of God". For example, in Exodus, when He appears before Moses, he says: "You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live." (we can examine later why that is). But we know the Lord appeared to Abraham, and Abraham could totally contemplate that apparition. The only way that it can't be a contradiction is if we consider the Lord was revealing Himself at different degrees, in each of these instances, thus making it safe to assume, to some level the devil can have contact with Him, but not too closely. Now, going to the explanation of why creatures can't stand in the presence of God, in it's fullest degree, in our Catholic faith we're taught how something impure gets disintegrated in too close contact with Him, and we, beyond sinful, are also anthologically built in a way that is incapable to bear His presence in a more raw and direct way. To compare, we can say, for example, we can't handle staring at the sun directly for too long at noon. To support what I'm saying, we can use as an example the passage in Isaiah 6, when the prophet asks that his lips may be purified, for he can't bear standing in the presence of the Lord while unclean, and an angel answers to his request by bringing what's described as a live coal to purify him. Also, as we know, after we die, if we still have temporal punishment to settle, we have to get them purged before we can get for the first time to be in condition of contemplating God with a closeness we could never experience before passing through death. And after resurrection we receive transformed bodies that are built in a way that can stand His presence. This is supported and better explained in a vision (dream) St. John Bosco had of Dominic Savio in heaven. Now, as we know, when demons fell from grace, they went through a transformation, in which they could no longer endure things that are pure or holy, and it would cause them a lot of anger, pain and suffering to try. If you ask them, they'll say they don't repent and don't regret and they prefer hell.

God's mercy is infinite for those that choose Him. Salvation is possible, even in hell. The problem is, when you are in a state of absolute dispair, and suffering, turning to God probably isn't something that would be considered. Gnashing of teeth, and whatnot.

Sorry, you're wrong.

Most people will be punished for eternity

@@Randy-qg6rw what makes you think that? I'm not saying you're wrong, just curious. If that's the case would it be fair to say Satan has had the upper hand?

People go to Hell by their own choices.

I will go to hell god said me that i will be the prisoner in the hell's toughest jail for my crime and sin.

No this is incorrect. When we pray for the dead, we pray for the holy souls in purgatory. Not for the souls banished to the abyss. Unfortunately and sadly, once in hell you can never ever escape and truly away from the presence of our Lord. We pray for the souls in purgatory as these are souls that are in purification before our Lord decides they can be realised.

The souls of the damned are entirely separated from the presence of God eternally.

Numbers 5:17?

It's water that has had the blessing of God called down upon it by an ordained priest.

Your knee shall bend to Jesus, like all others.

God spoke with Satan and also many men from the OT, it doesn't mean any of them were in the Beatific Vision, i.e. seeing Him face to face as St. Paul says. The devil never got to meet God in this way because he failed his one test of sacrificing his will by accepting the reign of Jesus Christ, and his subordination to Christ's holy Mother, Mary who would be Queen over all angels.

I answered this above as well.

Yes

@@ericgarcia4049 how do we know this?

The ETERNAL flames of hell

@@angelestrella35 Because God has said many times that the eternal fires of Hell will never be quenched, it is the place where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, where the worm dieth not, meaning the conscious of the damned will never let them have a single moment's peace or rest. As Isaiah says, "The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" (Isaiah 33:14). It is the fire prepared for the devil and his angels as Christ says in Revelation, and we know that the demons in Hell can't die, and their torments are everlasting along with the forever unrepentant sinners.

@ericgarcia4049 does this mean that all beings have an inmortal identity that cannot be undone sort of because we are made in God's image?

Who compiled the Bible?🤔

Apostles, Saints, Holy Spirits

@@HeavensDor uh huh, Catholic Apostles guided by the Holy Spirit.

It's in the Book of Matthew.

Yea idk about this one.🤨 God's presence is peaceful. I cannot imagine beyond measure. The demons hate God bc they can't go to heaven. If he was to let them then he would be approving of their evil. God forbid.

@@faithledbetter5664 I don’t doubt being condemned to hell is a form of punishment. But you fail to address how going to hell is a grace.

@@acr4715 definitely. It's absurd. 🤣

what do u not get my brother

@@faithledbetter5664what confuses u abt this ? maybe i can try to clarify . bc this makes alot of sense