Francis advances a "mercy" which leads souls to persevere in sin and so be lost
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In one of his sermons, Saint Alphonsus de Liguori warned, "'But God is merciful.' Behold another common delusion by which the Devil encourages sinners to persevere in a life of sin! A certain author has said that more souls have been sent to Hell by the mercy of God than by His justice. This is indeed the case; for men are induced by the deceits of the Devil to persevere in sin, through confidence in God's mercy; and thus they are lost.
God is merciful. Who denies it? But, great as His mercy is, how many does He every daysend to Hell? God is merciful, But He is also just, and is, therefore, obliged to punish those who offend Him. And 'His mercy,' says the divine mother, extends 'to them that fear Him.' (Luke 1:50). But with regard to those who abuse His mercy and despise Him, He exercises justice...
The Lord pardons sins, But He cannot pardon the determination to commit sin. Saint Augustine says, that He who sins with the intention of repenting after his sins, is not a penitent but a scoffed. Irrisor est non poenitens. But the Apostle tells us that God will not be mocked. 'Be not deceived; God is not mocked.' (Gal 6:7). It would be a mockery of God to insult Him as often and as much as you pleased, and afterwards to expect eternal glory." (Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, Sermons For All the Sundays in the Year).
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