The Ministers Of Divine Justice
By FR. JOHN T. ZUHLSDORF (Editor’s Note: This commentary first appeared on One Peter Five. It is a reflection on the readings for the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost.) + + Collect: Keep Thy household, O Lord, with continual loving-kindness, that by Thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoted to Thy name in well-doing.Epistle: Ephesians vi. 10-17Gospel: Matthew xviii. 23-35 + + An image of the torments of Hell attributed to spiritual writers of note, in particular St. Augustine of Hippo (+430), caught my attention although I haven’t been able to snag the exact citation. Whether it goes back to St. Augustine, or, as some say, to St. Anselm (+1109 — who might have gotten it from…Continue Reading