"I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the Abysses of Hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence...the devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God, What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw.
But I noticed one thing: That most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell." (Diary 741)
"Today,
I was led by an angel to the Chasms of Hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I
saw:
The First Torture that constitutes hell is:
The loss of God.
The Second is:
Perpetual remorse of conscience.
The Third is:
That one's condition will never change.
The Fourth is:
The fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it. A terrible suffering since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God's anger.
The Fifth Torture is:
Continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own.
The Sixth Torture is:
The constant company of Satan.
The Seventh Torture is:
Horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies.
These are the Tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings.
INDESCRIBABLE SUFFERINGS
There
are special Tortures destined for particular souls. These are the
torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable
sufferings related to the manner in which it has sinned.
I would have died
There
are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from
another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the
omnipotence of God had not supported me.
No One Can Say There is No Hell
Let
the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in
those senses which he made use of to sin. I am writing this at the
command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no
hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it
is like...how terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even
more fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God's
mercy upon them. 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." (Diary 741)
Prayer for the Grace of Immunity from the Fires of Hell
Prayer for the Grace of Immunity from the Fires of Hell
