Third Sunday After Pentecost

Third Sunday After Pentecost by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger, 1877 What man is there of you that doth not leave the ninety-nine sheep, and go after that which was lost until he find it?”–Luke 15. “God wills the salvation of all men,” says the Apostle of the Gentiles. Should any one gifted with the use of reason fail to be saved, the blame, as well as the loss, will fall upon the unfortunate one. But if any one, whether child or adult, dies without ever having had the use of reason, and before baptism was administered, his soul will enjoy a certain natural happiness, a state of immortality suited for rational creatures. What this state is, exceeds the limited range of our knowledge. St. Augustine wisely remarks that all speculations about it are useless, as revelation throws no light upon it. Those who have attained the use of reason, and who misuse not their freedom in offending God, the Lord seeks to save, and to bring to their supernatural end, as Christ Himself assures us: “The Son of Man came into the world to seek what was lost.” Beloved in Christ, that we may not be lost through our own ...

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