"Sinners in Hell"
The following is taken from a sermon for the First Sunday of Lent by St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church:
"God has promised pardon to all who repent; but he has not promised to wait till to-morrow for those who insult him. Perhaps God will give you time for repentance, perhaps he will not. But, should he not give it, what shall become of your soul? In the meantime, for the sake of a miserable pleasure, you lose the grace of God, and expose yourself to the danger of being lost for ever. . . . You have sinned, trusting rashly in the divine mercy: the punishment of your guilt shall fall suddenly upon you, and you shall not know from whence it comes. What do you say? What resolution do you make? If, after this sermon, you do not firmly resolve to give yourself to God, I weep over you, and regard you as lost."
St. Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us.
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