AGAINST THE FALSE MERCY OF THE MODERNISTS

 Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori warns:

“A certain author indicated that hell is populated more by mercy than by divine justice; and so it is, because, recklessly counting on mercy, they continue to sin and are damned. God is merciful. But who denies it? And yet, how many does mercy send to hell today! God is merciful, but also just, and that is why he is obliged to punish those who offend him. He uses mercy on sinners, but only on those who, after offending him, regret it and fear offending him again: His mercy for generations to come is toward those who fear him (Luke 1:50), the Mother of God sang. He uses justice on those who abuse his mercy to despise him. The Lord forgives sins, but he cannot forgive the will to sin.”  Augustine said that whoever sins with the hope of repenting after sinning is not a penitent, but rather mocks God (“Irrisor est, non poenitens”). The Apostle warns us that one does not mock God in vain: “No one mocks God” (Galatians 6:7). It would be mocking God to offend Him however and however much one wants and then go to heaven.”

(Sermon 32, The Sinner's Illusions).