tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post6083106043416343625..comments2024-03-25T17:14:03.066-07:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: The Most Holy Trinity as a spring of water, a poem of St. John of the CrossFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-40763368400782533512011-03-31T07:45:54.457-07:002011-03-31T07:45:54.457-07:00Martin,
It is indeed a bit of a surprise for most ...Martin,<br />It is indeed a bit of a surprise for most people to realize that God is present even in Hell!<br />You see, because the souls in hell do still exist, they must be held in existence by God. And God is pure Love -- thus, it is Love which holds the souls in Hell! Even in Hell!<br /><br />There is no where we can go to be separated from the Love of God -- but in Hell, this Love punishes us eternally: Fr. Lacordere writes, “Had justice alone created the abyss, there might be remedy. But it is love, the first love sempiternal, which made hell. This it is which banishes hope. Were I condemned by justice, I might flee to love. But if I am condemned by love, whither can I turn? Such is the fate of the damned, Love, that gave his blood for them – this Love, this same Love, must now curse them. […] Love is not a farce. It is God’s love which punishes, God’s crucified love. Love is life or death. And if that love is God’s love, then love is either eternal life or eternal death.”<br /><br />You may find an earlier article interesting: http://newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2010/08/eternity-of-hell.htmlFather Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-70623464361659972902011-03-30T22:25:54.375-07:002011-03-30T22:25:54.375-07:006. I know that
its streams are so brimming
they wa...6. I know that<br />its streams are so brimming<br />they water the<br />lands of hell, the heavens, and earth,<br />although it is<br />night.<br /><br /><br />Water the lands of hell? Is he perhaps thinking of purgatory ?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750763393428404220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-57062638561497007632011-03-27T19:17:00.606-07:002011-03-27T19:17:00.606-07:00Yet another reason why sand and rocks shouldn'...Yet another reason why sand and rocks shouldn't be in the holy water fonts during Lent.Nickhttp://blogsofasoul.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com