Comments on: Friday February 8, 2019: And He Descended Into Hell

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 18:01:18 +0000

I never understood why our Savior should descend into hell until I read your reflection. Thank you for this clarity because I had always quibbled with that part of the Creed.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:47:34 +0000

Thank you, John, for clarifying this! I’ve always wondered about it

By: Caro

Caro — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 02:30:58 +0000

Every day as I pray the creed I have to make an effort to say “He descended to hell”. Sometimes have to start over. Thanks to this reflection has gained a greater purpose to pray this sentence on the Creed. My intention for praying the Rosary is to gain plenary indulgence for a Soul in purgatory. Thanks to this new understanding, gives more meaning for the same purpose. Thank you so much. Happy weekend to all. In did Greatly appreciate these reflections.

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:05:21 +0000

I know we are told that upon our death are to be judgement and be sent accordingly to our fate but what is the judgement Jesus will give when he returns to judge the living and the dead?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:34:24 +0000

Thanks for everyone’s insights into something I wonder about every time I say the Apostles’ Creed but never looked into further. I always appreciate the reflections and the comments of this community. Thank you all for helping me in my faith journey!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:45:20 +0000

Thank you John, for the beautiful tie-in with our Catechism and sacred scripture. The truths of our faith are so vast. God bless.

By: J

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:01:24 +0000

Nana Mainoo Yeboah, I had the exact same question, so I looked it up. This is an excerpt from the catechism of the Catholic church: Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, “hell” – Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek – because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God. Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man Lazarus who was received into “Abraham’s bosom”: “It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Savior in Abraham’s bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into hell.” Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before him.
Hope that’s helpful. Good bless all of you and praying for you.

By: Marie Joseph Bindzi

Marie Joseph Bindzi — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:29:46 +0000

Really edifying. I had trouble understanding why he went to hell for. Thanks for shining light on this God bless you.