Comments for Flourish. Exeunt Omnes. at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 08:04:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3413 Dr. McInerny's clear thinking is cherished now more than ever... I pray for many years to come we have the benefit of his lucidity... For more than half a century it was left to this layman to champion the truth at Notre Dame. - Denis Nolan Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3347 I love hearing about this. The "we are dust, and to dust we shall return" talk is morbid to the uneducated ear, but to the faithful it is a kind reminder that everything depends on God, and it is hubris to think otherwise. However, let us point out that this principle does not mean, as enemies of the faith try to argue, that we can sit back and ignore climate change, or the nuclear threat, or other threats to human life. We still have a duty to preserve our world. - Michael Hebert Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3344 As part of a green campaign at work we were recently advised not to print our emails. Apparently it worked. The sea levels haven't risen in the slightest since then. As for a vision of the end times, nothing beats St John's Revelations. Once in a while I ask myself the question, "Will anything we can do matter a billion years from now?" As far as I know only Christianity answers, "Yes." - Raymond Barry Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:53:42 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3343 "we will receive so much more than we lost..." how the enemy would like to keep our heart's ears from hearing that! every single day we must look to Christ our Hope! is there a way you can link the the text to the sermon on hell you referred to? so often these posts leave me wanting to know more. thank you for such good things to contemplate. on the side-i just decided to read AGAIN the Lord of the Rings as my Advent reading. so close to home, yet glimpses what will be..... - debby Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3342 Willie, I think it was Bishop Sheen who speculated that there would be people in Heaven he didn't expect to see, and people that he did expected not there. Such judgments are God's alone so I think it's presumptuous to define what "justice" is in His eyes. This may sound trivial, but as a dog lover, I've always wondered about the fate of my best friend and beloved yellow lab Max, who almost made it to 13. If there are no dogs in heaven I'll be disappointed. Scripture is silent on the matter. - Joseph Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3341 It seems we can rule out another Flood, but fire and other calamities wrought by the 4 horsemen appear to be in play. According to the evening news, the signs of the Apocalypse are everywhere: swine flu, nukes/terrorists on the loose, a crumbling economy, BPAs in baby bottles, rising crime rates, widespread depravity, yada-yada. Juxtaposed are feel-good tales of Man's indomitable spirit and the quest by every generation to be better than all that went before. Only the Father knows the hour. - Joseph Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:23:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/flourish-exeunt-omnes.html#comment-3340 I never could understand Universalism. Is everyone going to be rewarded with heaven? If that is the case there is no justice. Can you imagine seeing some of history's despotic tyrants sitting next to you for eternity. Nothingness on the other hand provides no justice either. Belief in either should allow us to do anything we please. It sounds like universal freedom doesn't it? Even the freedom to kill and decide the meaning of life is now in our grasp. - Willie Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:39:35 +0100