Video to play while reading article at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/…/death-and-immen… ___________________ From Rorate Caeli ____________ A recent document published by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has recalled the fundamental points of Christian certitude, which cannot be omitted. Naturally this has provoked surprise in those who retained that these should be no longer spoken of, and has ignited the anger of certain cultivators of the so-called theology of “hope.” (We are speaking of those that have kindled the hope merely of a “settlement” in this world, where it is well noted that here nothing is ever “settled” perfectly). _________________________________________ We retain it the duty of our journal to make some clear and precise observations concerning all of this. All of the document cited regards “the afterlife” in other words - eternal life which necessarily follows earthly life. This earthy life has no longer any sense, when it is disconnected from eternal life: it has no good reason, it lacks purpose, it is a bad joke, in which the problems present in the human spirit remain unresolved; the aspirations of immortality the same - the labored breathing of love stretched out towards infinity; the sacred bonds of blood and friendship: these things, all of which, are the clamorous refusal of a “void” after death._______________________ Materialists of every sort, even those disguised as theologians, (and they are not a few), thought they would pacify the fear and horror which the cortege of death opens: [in doing so] they have obtained this effect, sadly for them, in rendering the afterlife the most pressing of problems for human life. It is not a small thing, if you think about it , to say that without “eternal life” everything becomes a hoax, a joke, and earthly life has no purpose. With all of this, everywhere, as if dressed in a certain indifference with regard to the substance of the question, many are seeking out ways in furtive exploration of the afterlife: witchcraft, necromancy, spiritism, bearers of extra sensorial perceptions: some, to appear different, even cast libidinous glances on the other side of the “great curtain.” Everyone, apart from the sustainers of materialistic theses, are fascinated by the adventures carried out in proximity to this curtain. It does not mean that God does not allow for extrapolations in things human, especially with the most stupid and most undisciplined creatures - the demons - it is not for nothing that exorcisms exist.
