'I am also driven to preach without ceasing by the
sight of the throngs of souls who are falling into hell -- for it is of
faith that all who die in mortal sin are damned. It is estimated that
about eighty thousand die each day, and how many of them die in mortal
sin and hence are damned? As the saying goes, "talis vita, finis ita --
your death will be as your life has been."
And when I see the way people live -- so many of them set in their ways and living in habitual mortal sin; not a day goes by that they do not add to the number of their sins. They sin as easily as they would take a glass of water; they commit iniquities as if it were a joke, for a laugh. They are really tragic figures, marching on their own two feet toward hell. As Zephaniah says, "They shall walk like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord."'
And when I see the way people live -- so many of them set in their ways and living in habitual mortal sin; not a day goes by that they do not add to the number of their sins. They sin as easily as they would take a glass of water; they commit iniquities as if it were a joke, for a laugh. They are really tragic figures, marching on their own two feet toward hell. As Zephaniah says, "They shall walk like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord."'
