Failure to Pray: The Story of a Soul in Hell Part 5

The Story of Annette, a Soul in Hell

(Part 5)

These events took place in Germany. What we have here is a faithful translation from the French. The "Nihil Obstat" and the "Imprimatur" guarantee the text to be free from doctrinal errors. They describe a way of life which is very common in present-day society, but ends in disaster. The Divine Mercy, by allowing these revelations, allows us to prepare for our final end.

FAILURE TO PRAY

"You warned me once, 'Annette, if you do not pray more, you are headed for Hell.' Well, you were right when you said I did not pray much, and when I did it was in a casual sort of way. You were all too right. All of these now burning in Hell were people who did not pray, or did not pray enough. Prayer is the first step towards God, and it is always the decisive step, especially prayer to HER WHO WAS CHRIST'S MOTHER, and whose Name we never speak."

"Countless souls are torn from the Devil's clutches by the spirit of prayer, souls that would otherwise be bound to fall into his hands as a result of sin."

"To tell you all this is burning me up with anger; I am only going on because I am forced to."

"There is nothing easier in this world for a man than to pray, and it is precisely upon prayer that everyone's salvation depends. That is the way God has arranged things. Little by little He gives to everyone who perseveres in prayer so much light and strength that even the most hardened sinner can pick himself up once and for all, even if he is sunk in sin up to his neck!"

"During the last years of my life I no longer prayed as I should have done, and so I deprived myself of the grace without which no one can be saved. Where we are now, we no longer receive any grace, and even if it were offered, we would scorn it. All the ups and downs of earthly life stop when you get here. You on earth can pass from a state of sin to a state of grace, and then fall back into sin again, often through weakness, but sometimes through malice. But once you die all that comes to an end because it is the instability of earthly life that makes it possible. From the moment of death our state is final and unchangeable."

To be continued . . .