The # 1 sin

 

Us Catholics, we are helpless, it is difficult to live a faithful life when our selfish interests determine our transcendence, we don’t recognize who is in front of us when we are in front of Him; priests should talk more about such situation because most of us are working not to become saints.

When St Jerome said, out of 100,000 Catholics only 10 makes it to heaven, he wasn’t kidding, some of us thought he was exaggerating, but it is true, only 10 perhaps even less nowadays enter heaven straight up as saints, the vast majority of us, the leftover 99,990, we are working towards either hell or purgatory. Some people may say: “well, purgatory is nice… eventually we will go to Heaven”, not entirely true, Jesus preaches to the souls imprisoned every day according to His Divine Justice (1 Peter 3:19), He went down to preach to those souls who died in the flood, trying to change their hearts as He preached to them, tell them the truth, but the one thing about truth, is that truth is a two way street, you either accept it and embrace it or deny it and hardened your heart like it happened to the Egyptian pharaoh or perhaps the Israelites, who despite seeing God’s glory, chose to worship a golden calf.

Purgatory is one of those places we shouldn’t strive to go to, some go there knowing they are there to repair for whatever venial destruction they did on earth, purgatory is a place of Divine Mercy and Justice, some of us Catholics will go there because we weren’t working to become saints, I mean, how many Catholics ARE right now doing things they believe in BUT are contrary to what God mandated? Many husbands have concubines, what about the men who prefer to give honor to the world by spilling their seed to the ground and not procreating, but those Catholics don’t think that way, they don’t think masturbation is a sin… how many wives out there take contraceptives measures, use intrauterine devices and how many Catholics donate to abortion causes and on and on…

Then us Catholics go to confession and don’t confess such sins, because in our minds they’re normal and the majority don’t believe they are sins, then they go with their filthy hands and get the Eucharist like nothing… The Body, Blood and Divinity of our Lord gets mocked each time with our worldly behavior.

The greatest sin ever is to speak ill or go against the Holy Spirit, we know, but outside of that, the #1 sin for people who supposedly have embraced our Lord, is to take the Eucharist in sin, and this is not the case about you not knowing, because the Holy Spirit ALWAYS gives you the opportunity to know the truth, is just that you decide to reject it.

How many “good” people out there do good and do know certain vices corrupt the Temple of the Holy Spirit (your body), there’s many sins out there, many vices which are sinful, many selfish things we do in the dark but we think it is not sinful? Our own minds deceit ourselves, you know the war is lost when you deceive yourself into believing a lie despite having the truth at hand.

Working our salvation in fear and tremble should be the #1 priority, we should recognize the Lord each and every time we are in front of Him, and IF your sins are there to impede you to go to Him you should go to confession right away, don’t think for one moment you are “good” to have Him if you have a concubine, if you’re an active homosexual, if you and your brother are at odds, also many small sins can accumulate and become a grave problem later on… look how our society celebrates whoever gets a tattoo or donate to abortion causes.

Anything the world cheers you into you should stay away from, whoever is friends with the world is an enemy of God, that’s why, many Catholics ARE enemies of God without realizing it, then they go to get judged in Heaven, if they get to go to purgatory by some miracle, then Jesus comes to purgatory preaches to you and you denied Him, the truth is not embraced, then there’s no other choice but for you to go to Hell.

This is why we need to realize, we need to do more, we need to cut away the filthiness while embracing humility, get the strength from God now while we are alive and strive to become saints, each and every time we go to the Eucharist we must be in a state of grace, for example look at me, I understand that I am a very bad person for the majority of my life I have, I’m very selfish, I have done many things in my 51 years of age, and I’ve always tried to remember the things I’ve done and confessed, this is why it is good to have a good examination of conscience, I always go to confession with the purpose of not doing things again, try and repair things and also I ask forgiveness by saying this most Catholics don’t ever say: “I AM TRULY SORRY IF I’VE EVER TAKEN THE HOLY FLESH AND HOLY BLOOD OF OUR LORD IN AN UNWORTHY MANNER.” (1 Cor 11:27-29)

I remember a priest telling me how upset he was about his flock not ever “getting it”, about our Lord’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, most people go have the Eucharist in their hands, but worst of all they do it because for them is a social thing. How sad, isn’t it? I can imagine my Lord’s sadness with such behavior, lukewarm Catholics prefer to do their “own” thing, instead of trying to transcend.

People think purgatory is a gateway to Heaven and they are wrong, many levels are there and preaching is happening as we speak (1 Peter 3:19), some people they don’t even know they’re dead, when they get the preaching of our Lord, like those imprisoned souls did when Jesus died, they either accept or deny the truth and this happens with everybody, now that is Justice. Our best chance is to try and embrace sainthood through our Lord, remember when He said: “strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” (Luke 13:24) Our Lord knew what He was talking about, He also knew how many souls were lukewarm and that only makes Him nauseous.

People don’t recognize who is in front of them and they get the Eucharist in their hands like nothing, Hygiene is bigger than our Lord in their minds, some say it is more “practical”, but I just think that if it was, why in every apparition throughout the history of salvation in which our Lord, an Archangel a saintly departed priest appeared before someone and give them the Eucharist, why they, in every instance give the Eucharist in the mouth? Makes you think that having the treasure of Heaven in the hand is problematic right? I mean, people who weren’t priests back in the Old Testament, each time they touch something they weren’t supposed to touch in the Temple, they ended it up dying.

We should recognize His Sacrifice, know who is in front of us and BE in a state of grace each time we eat His Holy Flesh… some priests and even false prophet Francis have ambiguous takes on the Eucharist, and even if they do deny the Eucharist in your mouth DON’T take it in the hand, just continue your prayers and God will make a way.

STRIVE to become saints, go to confession often, at least once every 2 weeks, if you want to go weekly fine, BUT please, God will not be mocked, repair the harm done, don’t do the same mistakes, do good deeds, pray for the dead, do 1^st Fridays and examine your behavior, some things you do that perhaps you think makes sense, most of the times such things are totally against God, if the world pushes something on you, run away from it and pray, Rosary is the best weapon.

Remain faithful and resist false prophets, they are everywhere, is not just inside the Church, even within your family, pray for your love ones and the Church to get converted and saved… Remember, in the end: You are the Catholic Church, everyone is out to get you, but our Lord promised victory.

 

A big hug in Jesus Christ