FEW PEOPLE GET TO HEAVEN
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
This is Erroneous!! Most people go to purgatory!! Read Mother Eugenia Ravassio’s God the father speaks to his Children! No person Knows the operation of GODS Mind!!
ANSWER! / COMMENT!
The Saints and most especially OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST says that most people WILL NOT GO TO HEAVEN.
"It is certain that few are saved." ~St. Augustine, Father and Doctor of the Church
"There are a select few who are saved." ~St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
"Many begin well, but there are few who persevere." ~St. Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church
"I do not think that many priests are saved, but that those who perish are far more numerous." ~St. John Chrysostom
"The greater part of men choose to be damned rather than to love Almighty God." ~St Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church
"The number of the saved is as few as the number of grapes left after the vine-pickers have passed." ~St. Jean Vianney, patron saint of parish priests
"So vast a number of miserable souls perish, and so comparatively few are saved!" ~St. Philip Neri
"Many religious go straight to Hell because they do not keep their vows." ~St. Vincent Ferrer:
"There are many who arrive at the Faith, but few who are led into the heavenly kingdom." ~Pope St. Gregory the Great, Father and Doctor of the Church
"The number of the elect is so small, so small, that were we to know how small it is, we should faint away with grief." ~St. Louis de Montfort
"Bad confessions damn the majority of Christians." ~St. Teresa of Avila
Our Lord Himself makes clear that those who make it to Heaven are few, while those who choose damnation are many. Here is what Our Lord Jesus Christ said about universal Salvation (4 times):
*Matthew 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
*Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'
*Matthew 22:14 (RSV) “For many are called, but few are chosen."
*Luke 13:23-24 (RSV) ‘And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.’
Urs Von Balthasar & the faithful ignore the words of Our Lord and His saints at their peril. https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/the-downloadhell-exists-and-... this article as well
In a vision contrasting worldly people versus those who carry their cross well on earth, St. Faustina wrote: "One day, I saw two roads. One was broad, covered with sand and flowers, full of joy, music and all sorts of pleasures. People walked along it, dancing and enjoying themselves. They reached the end without realizing it. And at the end of the road there was a horrible precipice; that is, the abyss of hell. The souls fell blindly into it; as they walked, so they fell. And their number was so great that it was impossible to count them. And I saw the other road, or rather, a path, for it was narrow and strewn with thorns and rocks and the people who walked along it had tears in their eyes, and all kinds of sufferings befell them. Some fell down upon the rocks, but stood up immediately and went on. At the end of the road there was a magnificent garden filled with all sorts of happiness, and all these souls entered there. At the very first instant they forgot all their sufferings" (Diary, 153).
Saint Faustina, the Polish nun who received many revelations from Christ concerning His Divine Mercy, was shown Hell so that people would repent and turn to Him for forgiveness.
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
All of these quotes purportedly know what the operation of Gods’ mind is.
READ GOD THE FATHER SPEAKS TO HIS CHILDREN!
NO creature can possibly KNOW WHAT THE CREATOR
IS THINKING!! This is flawed thinking!! Please read the above
Mentioned book which I got from being on father Mark
Goring summer reading list!! I used to think exactly what
You did but this book changes everything!! The book
Is Directly From GOD the Father from his own lips!! There
Is no in between as in a locution. What our Lord
Says is that most people go to purgatory! GOD works
In a progression from Adam all the way to us !!!
Forgot to mention all of your quotes
Missed the most important one which
The God of Mercy Gave to St. Faustina.
Before the day of Justice the flood gates of my
Mercy are open Wide!!
ANSWER! COMMENT!
JESUS' words surpass any saint or mystic. Our Lord was very clear, few people get to heaven, their is no way to parse or explain away those words. This is why we must "work out your salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12). Remember, as a Catholic (read Vatican II Dei Verbum 24), the words of the Bible are the top of the food chain for our theology. Christ is clear, not ambiguous. Don't forget basic Catholic theology, no Catholic is bound to believe private revelation that you quoted, every Catholic is bound believe the Sacred Scripture.