Does the Church Talk About HELL Enough? w/ Ralph Martin

In this clip, Matt asks the question, "Why doesn't the Church talk about Hell more? Or does it talk about it too much?" Ralph has an interesting response!

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[jjpaque]

the best short talk on belief with relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ that I have heard. Thank you.

[Colonel]

I'm really glad I clicked on this and listened to this very well informed answer. Thank you both.

[ClockworkAnomaly]

A thought I had while listening to this- The story of the Prodigal son is not a story of a man frittering away his inheritance and living happily afterwards. It is a story of coming home. We often take this view that anyone can be saved- yes! The prodigal son is an example of that line of thought. BUT!! The coming home part is VERY IMPORTANT. We have to come home, where we will be loved and welcomed and live a true life. If we simply assume that God would accept us if we came back, but never ACTUALLY come back, then we are lost! This is true of any non-catholic, and any non-practicing catholic, and any lukewarm catholic, and any catholic who has things left to fix in their active life. Come Home!

[TimT]

I reverted to the Church in 2016 after being an edgy atheist and hardly ever hear a homily on Hell.

[louisaccardi]

There is a huge disconnect not only in pop Christianity, but many of the protestant denominations as well on the topic hell. Of course, in the 1950s when I was growing up Catholic there was a huge emphasis on the doctrine of hell, which left a lasting mark upon me. There was more of a sense of the fear of God in the church back then as well. Both are tragically missing today among all types of Christians.

[day]

The Blessed Mother did not hesitate to show the children of Fatima the vision of hell.

[minasoliman]

I struggle with this concept, only because I don’t think one should logically assume “anything goes” if it isn’t for eternal hell. I think one’s spiritual progress and maturity can be potentially improved by not depending on punishments or rewards, but by the love of God, where that person does not care about one or the other. Therefore the truth of eternity of hell no longer matters. You’re doing right because you love God. If it turns out that hell isn’t eternal, that shouldn’t matter either. If “anything goes” because hell isn’t eternal, that should speak to the spiritual immaturity of the person himself, not of the teaching of the possibility that all might be saved.

So I get it, and I’m sorry this man is criticizing Bishop Barron for something that is actually very patristic, especially in the Eastern side, accusing him of moral wishy-washiness. That’s just plain wrong.

[kirstenferguson]

Hello my friend a few wks ago I was struggling wae "life" and u helped me thankyou I'm no a Catholic but I believe in Jesus & of course God if u had asked me a few wks ago I widv said we live in Hell right now but that's not true just wanted to thanks 4 showing me that's not true btw I'm from Glasgow & the way I text is just the way we talk 😂💗

[jimmyrumney]

Y’all need to either read or listen to St. Leonard of Port Maurice’s sermon “The Fewness of the Saved.” He uses biblical typology to demonstrate that 8 were saved from the flood on the Ark, and the Church is a type of the Ark. it’s well worth the reading/listening especially with Advent upon us. Read the Saints in accordance with scripture and meditation upon the 4 Last Things will lead many more souls to the confessional and later towards heaven.

[drewblack]

The Saints had to work at not sinning. Yes. Work. Are we willing to work as well?

[gabrielpelino]

As a former Catholic, and now a Born Again Christian, I have to say that was one of the best explanations of Hell that I've ever heard. Cudos to Ralph Martin for explaining this so tenderly and intimately. WoW! I'm grateful for your channel and listening quite often! Thanks again!

[blakesanders]

Haven't missed Sunday Mass in over 20 years. Lived in 10 different places over that time. Haven't heard 1 sermon about Hell. I can only suppose it's not real or no one goes there. Why else would it not be worth mentioning?

[jamestyler]

Wow, that was powerful, amazing. Thank you!!!

[calenbennedict]

I always said our Parish never did Eucharist Adoration and Hell was never preached from the pulpit. The confessional was empty. We are having a resurgence of the faith now.

[robertdelgadocapetillo]

I fear that's where I'm going, because I keep offending God with the same sin over, and over again.

[margokupelian]

Just by reading the title my immediate thought was, no, the Catholic church does not talk enough about hell, but the Protestant church does, a bit too much.
Sometimes it makes me wonder if priests ever think about what their response will be when they stand before God on judgement day. They are more accountable than we, lay people are. This is serious and scary too...

[andrewt.]

More souls will be lost than saved....prepare yourself today.

[Mrm]

Eternal torment is an absolutely ludicrous concept which was never taught by Jesus or any of the apostles. The teaching of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is clear and really unanimous: the wages of sin is death and the wicked will therefore perish and disappear. There are about 200 passages in Scripture which teach Annihilationism and about two which could be seen as teaching eternal torture, of these two passages one is a satirical parable/story about the intermediate state (Luke 16 talks of hades not gehenna), and the other is apocalyptic hyperbole in an extremely symbolical book (Rev 20:10), which we are told actually represents the "second death" i.e. destruction.

[sonny]

The times of rainbows and butterflies are over. Now that you have their ear they ought to listen. You teach a child to respect flames so they do not get hurt. Time to teach the children

[louisaccardi]

The word "believes" in John 3: 16 in the Greek N.T. means more than intellectual acceptance of the teaching of Christ and the NT, but implies a dependence upon God in Christ. Further we find that it is not instant presto. The work of full salvation is in the present tense in the Greek of John 3: 16 and other N.T verses. It is than, an on going trusting and reliance upon the eternal facts of the gospel and a relationship with God through Christ. Of course, there is much more that is in the mix than that short blurb expresses.