Great Advice for Saving Your Soul – May 13 – Homily – Fr Terrance
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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on May 13, 2025, where he emphasizes the reality of hell and Our Lady of Fatima's call to repentance, prayer, penance, and devotion to her Immaculate Heart to avoid eternal punishment.
Father reflects on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, portraying her as a prophet in 1917 Portugal, warning of future wars and the "errors of Russia," but most crucially, the reality of hell (Luke 11: 28). She showed Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta a vision of hell’s “sea of fire,” urging devotion to her Immaculate Heart and a prayer for sinners: “Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins” (CCC 1035). Jacinta noted sins of the flesh lead many to hell, a truth Father ties to Christ’s teachings, like hell’s unquenched fire (Mark 9: 48) and eternal punishment (Matthew 25: 41, 46; Matthew 13: 41-42). He cites the Catechism, stating unrepented mortal sin leads to eternal separation (CCC 1033). St. Augustine and St. Justin Martyr affirm hell’s permanence, while St. Jerome calls it a city “fortified against exit.” Father shares a 2003 encounter with an atheist in a nursing home, blind to eternity’s cliff (Luke 23: 34), urging prayer for such souls. He contrasts God’s love, the source of all good (Colossians 1: 16), with humanity’s freedom to reject it, as Popes Benedict XVI (2007) and Francis (2016) warn. Father presents Fatima’s solution: repentance, prayer, penance via confession, and devotion to Mary, as St. John embraced her (John 19: 27). Works of mercy also pave the way to paradise, ensuring a prophet’s reward by heeding Mary’s call.
For Further Reading:
Luke 11: 28 - NAB - Blessed are those who hear God’s word - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/11?28
Matthew 10: 41 - NAB - Receiving a prophet’s reward - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/10?41
Mark 9: 48 - NAB - Hell’s unquenched fire described - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/9?48
Matthew 13: 41-42 - NAB - Evildoers cast into furnace - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13?41
Matthew 25: 41-46 - NAB - Eternal punishment for evildoers - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?41
Colossians 1: 16 - NAB - All created for Christ - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/colossians/1?16
Luke 23: 34 - NAB - Jesus prays for forgiveness - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/23?34
John 19: 27 - NAB - John takes Mary home - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/19?27
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Feast of Our Lady
01:24 - Vision of Hell
01:51 - Fatima Prayer Revealed
03:29 - Christ’s Teachings on Hell
06:42 - God’s Love Warns Us
08:50 - Encounter with Spiritual Blindness
10:13 - Fatima’s Four Solutions
Ave Maria!
Mass: Our Lady of Fatima - Feast - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fátima
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/051325.cfm
1st: rev 21:1-5
Resp: jth 13:22-23
Gsp: joh 19:25-27
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1301
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