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Hell Is Real, So With Hope We Pray: ‘Save Us From Final Damnation’

Jan Snellinck, “The Crucifixion With the Two Thieves,” bet. 1597 and 1638

“God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want ‘any to perish, but all to come to repentance.’” (CCC 1037)