


There’s nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom. The saints went to Heaven before they went to Heaven.

It’s a good way to keep ourselves out of it. Thinking about Hell is actually a very good idea. Hell is not a subject to be avoided it is a place to be avoided. If you seek to make Heaven on earth, you’ll get Hell. We are always trying to find an easy way into Heaven.Īs sailors are guided by a star to the port, so are Christians guided to Heaven by Mary.Įverything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. It is life’s change agent.Įach and every one of us, at the end of the journey of life, will come face to face with either one or the other of two faces… And one of them, either the merciful face of Christ or the miserable face of Satan, will say, “Mine, mine.” May we be Christ’s! Many who plan to seek God at the eleventh hour die at 10:30.ĭeath is very likely the single best invention of life. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side. The national anthem of Hell is “I Did It My Way”. Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic.ĭon’t wait for six strong men to take you to church.Ī priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.Īll the way to Heaven is Heaven, because He is the way. The doors of Hell are locked from the inside. The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality. The one thing Jesus is going to ask us when we get to Heaven: Where are your brothers and sisters?
