Evil people pretend that evil does not exist. That popular pretense allows them to lie, cheat, and hurt their neighbors for short term gain. It also helps to draw others away from The Church Jesus Founded.
We are told that judgment is coming. Today’s Gospel Reading, from Mt. 13: 47-53 includes this frightening description of what is coming: ““The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
It is not some mere human, but Jesus, Who fulfilled hundreds of The Prophets’ prophecies, who clearly tells us that Judgment is coming and that it will be followed by punishment for the wicked.
What do we have to do in order to avoid the agonizing fiery furnace? We begin by loving God and neighbor. Our neighbors include the oldest and the youngest. We cannot love and hurt our neighbor at the same time. We must be Pro-Life and in, or moving toward, The Church Jesus Founded.
Many rich people contribute to causes that hurt their neighbors. Incredibly wealthy people, like Warren Buffet, give hundreds of millions to groups that provide abortions. Poorer people may not have money to give, but they do have votes. If they give votes to candidates who will not protect the lives of unborn children, poorer people also hurt their neighbors by subsidizing wickedness.
We must do two things. We must not be like them. And, We have a duty to warn. “Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
When we see some poor, foolish person claiming to be enlightened while supporting death by abortion, we should pray that they love God and their neighbors. And, let them know about the fiery furnace. We have a duty to warn.
If we are fearful, we may not do what is required. It is easy to forget: We have a duty to warn. If we fail, those who do wrong may say, at Judgment, “It’s not my fault. No one told me.”
We must be sure they can’t say that. We have a duty to warn.
