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There was no light, but all was thick darkness. I was placed as it were in a hole in the wall and those walls, terrible to look on of themselves, hemmed me in on every side. “I could neither sit nor lie down: there was no room. “I did not see who it was that tormented me, but I felt myself on fire, and torn to pieces, as it seemed to me and, I repeat it, this inward fire and despair are the greatest torments of all. I have undergone most painful sufferings in this life… yet all these were as nothing in comparison with what I felt then, especially when I saw that there would be no intermission, nor any end to them. At the end was a hollow place in the wall, like a closet, and in that I saw myself confined. The ground seemed to be saturated with water, mere mud, exceedingly foul, sending forth pestilential odors, and covered with loathsome vermin. “The entrance seemed to be by a long narrow pass, like a furnace, very low, dark, and close. The great 16th century mystic and Doctor of the Church claims to have had this experience of hell: Teresa of Avila: “On fire, and torn to pieces” In a word, Hell is the temple of anguish and despair…” 2) St. “Vice appears in its own, grim disgusting colors, being stripped of the mask under which it is hidden in this world, and the infernal viper is seen devouring those who have cherished or fostered it here below. All in this dreary abode tends to fill the mind with horror not a word of comfort is heard or a consoling idea admitted the one tremendous thought, that the justice of an all-powerful God inflicts on the damned nothing but what they have fully deserved is the absorbing tremendous conviction which weighs down each heart. “n Hell, perpetual scenes of wretched discord, and every species of sin and corruption, either under the most horrible forms imaginable, or represented by different kinds of dreadful torments. In the city of Hell nothing is to be seen but dismal dungeons, dark caverns, frightful deserts, fetid swamps filled with every imaginable species of poisonous and disgusting reptile. “ll within it is, on the contrary, close, confused, and crowded every object tends to fill the mind with sensations of pain and grief the marks of the wrath and vengeance of God are visible everywhere despair, like a vulture, gnaws every heart, and discord and misery reign around. “Deep groans and cries of despair might be plainly distinguished even while the doors were tightly closed but, O, who can describe the dreadful yells and shrieks which burst upon the ear when the bolts were unfastened and the doors flung open and, O, who can depict the melancholy appearance of the inhabitants of this wretched place! “The exterior of Hell was appalling and frightful it was an immense, heavy-looking building, and the granite of which it was formed, although black, was of metallic brightness and the dark and ponderous doors were secured with such terrible bolts that no one could behold them without trembling. Here is an excerpt of one of her visions of hell: She was a mystic who claimed to have had visions of all sorts of spiritual things. Anne Catherine Emmerich lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the Holy Roman Empire. So don’t just be afraid: turn away from your sins, and work to lead others to Christ! 1) Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich: “No one could behold without trembling”īl.
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O my Jesus, I would rather be in agony until the end of the world, amidst the greatest sufferings, than offend You by the least sin.” I incessantly plead God’s mercy upon them. “Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. Faustina said her vision of hell had this effect on her: Rather, the saints’ visions of hell should remind us of what our faith already teaches: that hell is a real and terrible place, and people can really go there. Of course, all private revelations of the saints are non-authoritative, so you shouldn’t look to these for your theology. Many saints have claimed to have had supernatural visions of hell.