Christ
speaks to St. Bridget:
"Tell him that if he wishes to
be called a bishop in the justice of the divine judgment, he must not imitate
the manners and customs of many who are now rulers of the Church. ...
"Truly, the words that I said
and the deeds that I did in the world are now almost completely forgotten and
neglected. For this, no one is as much a cause as the prelates of the Churches.
"They are full of pride, greed,
and the rottenness of bodily pleasure. All of these things are contrary to my
commandments and Holy
Church
"For those wicked prelates of
the Churches, who are filled with the malignity of an evil spirit, have left to
mankind examples that are exceedingly harmful to souls; and therefore it is
necessary for me to exact full justice from them by doing judgment on them,
abolishing them from the book of life in heaven and placing them beside my
enemy Lucifer in hell, in hellish sees that shall be the seat of their
perpetual excruciation.
"Nevertheless, you ought to know
that if anyone is willing to amend himself before death by loving me with all
his heart and if he abstains from sins, then I will be prompt in showing my
mercy."
Birgitta of Sweden (Paulist, 1990)
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