St. Francis's Description of the Death of the Unrepentant
"So let everyone know, whoever you are and wherever you die in mortal sin without satisfaction, when you could have made it but did not, that the devil snatches away your soul from your body with an anguish and suffering so great that no one can know who hasn't experienced it. And all the talent and power and knowledge and wisdom that you thought you had will be taken away. And your relatives and friends take their inheritance and divide it and say, "Cursed be his soul because he could have given us more and acquired more than he did.' Then the worms begin eating your body. And thus you lose soul and body in this brief life and you go to hell where you will be tormented forever. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." --St. Francis, Letter to All the Faithful, Second Version
Francis writes, "And all the talent and power and knowledge and wisdom that you thought you had will be taken away." We must be careful to be ever mindful that all that we possess--including our abilities and knowledge--are ours only temporarily. What really counts is our soul. Is is right with God?
"So let everyone know, whoever you are and wherever you die in mortal sin without satisfaction, when you could have made it but did not, that the devil snatches away your soul from your body with an anguish and suffering so great that no one can know who hasn't experienced it. And all the talent and power and knowledge and wisdom that you thought you had will be taken away. And your relatives and friends take their inheritance and divide it and say, "Cursed be his soul because he could have given us more and acquired more than he did.' Then the worms begin eating your body. And thus you lose soul and body in this brief life and you go to hell where you will be tormented forever. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." --St. Francis, Letter to All the Faithful, Second Version
Francis writes, "And all the talent and power and knowledge and wisdom that you thought you had will be taken away." We must be careful to be ever mindful that all that we possess--including our abilities and knowledge--are ours only temporarily. What really counts is our soul. Is is right with God?
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