Beginning this Sunday, November 28th, the Church changes its readings for Mass on Sundays. During this coming year, the Gospel readings for most Sundays will be from St. Matthew. In St. Matthew's Gospel, Jesus is not shy to warn people that God will judge each person for what he/she has done in this life. This is especially true in chapters 23-25. In the Gospel for this Sunday, Matthew 24:37-44, Jesus states clearly that the world, one day, will end.
Will everyone get to heaven and enjoy everlasting life and love? No. What about God's love and mercy? God IS very merciful and filled with love. However, there are people whose business is "death." Unless these people are willing to repent, they will not see heaven. Why? Because heaven is about LIFE, and these people have chosen DEATH. Who are these people? They are the people who...
....stole billions of dollars selling mortgages, trading them away, defrauding people who bought homes, the same people now losing their homes in foreclosures;
....as politicians accept bribes, make "insider deals" that rob tax payers, hire friends and families for jobs that they never do, who allowed the bankers and real estate people to steal billions and leave everyone else poor and desperate; they do nothing to feed the hungry, care for the homeless, assist those suffering physical and emotional pain, especially the children of our world (read Matthew 25:31-46);their idea of saving money is to cut programs for children and the poor; cover up corruption and dishonesty at all levels of government;
....run scams that defraud elderly people and disabled people of their life savings; the same people who steal money from good people by pretending to need help and who never pay back a cent;
....make and sell child pornography; who use children in sex videos and pictures; who destroy families by selling illegal drugs (Matthew 18:5-11);
....people who have the responsibility to care for children especially in detention centers,mental health programs, rehabilitation sites; and instead abuse and mistreat these children; allow these children to abuse and mistreat one another; give no real therapy or care; when the children leave their "care", the children are worse off than when they entered the institutions and programs;
....use religion as an excuse for their own need for violence, hatred, abuse, and desire for power and control;
....deny that God has anything to do with their lives. They believe that they can continue to go through life, only taking care of themselves, making millions off the sufferings of the rest of humanity and God does not notice or care. Matthew 16:24-27.
These people are fools. They face a judgement from which there is no escape. They cannot claim ignorance. They cannot pretend they did not know what they were doing. They certainly will not be able to bribe God. Their business was DEATH. They will reap what they sowed.