How To Go To Hell In One Easy Lesson

Gospel	Mark 3:22-30

A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts devils out.’ So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last. And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never stand. Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot stand either – it is the end of him. But no one can make his way into a strong man’s house and burgle his property unless he has tied up the strong man first. Only then can he burgle his house.

  ‘I tell you solemnly, all men’s sins will be forgiven, and all their blasphemies; but let anyone blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and he will never have forgiveness: he is guilty of an eternal sin.’ This was because they were saying, ‘An unclean spirit is in him.’

Jesus died on the Cross for our sins.  Our Savior God made flesh and without sin took on our sins so that we might be freed from sin. This He did to show us that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit loved us as a person, knew us by name, knew everything about us and did all of this before we had consented to repent.  So, if this is the case, then why is Jesus saying that an act of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable?  I ask myself if in the dark days when I was angry with God and could care less about sinning, did I commit this unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit?  I did some brazen things in my youth, is there any hope for me or am I doomed to allow the flames of hell to torture my body for all eternity?   (Wow, aren't you glad you started reading this on a Monday morning?) 

The sin against the Holy Spirit is nigh near impossible to commit but I fear that it is committed day in and day out as people take their last breath on this world and transition to the world beyond. If God was your friend and you tried to live a good life, you accepted Jesus into your heart by this life and you accepted that He died for you, personally, for your actual sins which He knew from when you were a youth until you wheezed your last breath, then you will be more likely to choose heaven over hell, it will still be your choice, but your love for God will lead you in that direction.  On the other hand, if your life ends and you lived it without thought to God, His Law, without charity, and you rejected all of the times your conscience told you that what you were doing was wrong, in shame, you will gaze at the Light and turn your back because it hurts with eternal pain for you to face it because too late you have understood that God loved you, died for you, was as close as arms-length  from you and you, for reasons known only to you, continued your life of sin and you cared not what God thought about it and so there was only one choice for this sin against the Holy Spirit and that is exile for eternity from Him

Choose every day to love the Lord by loving yourself and others as you love yourself.  Listen to your conscience and work for the good of others.  At the time of our death we will choose heaven or hell and if we love the Lord and walked with Him, we will enjoy His love and peace forever. 

Please pray for the Poor Souls in purgatory this week.