St. Faustina's vision of Hell from her Diary

I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the Abysses of Hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence...the devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God, What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: That most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell." (Diary 741)


"Today, I was led by an angel to the Chasms of Hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I saw:


The First Torture that constitutes hell is:
The loss of God.

The Second is:
Perpetual remorse of conscience.

The Third is
That one's condition will never change.

The Fourth is:
The fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it. A terrible suffering since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God's anger.

The Fifth Torture is:
Continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own.

The Sixth Torture is:
The constant company of Satan.


The Seventh Torture is:
Horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies.


These are the Tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings.


Indescribable Sufferings
There are special Tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings related to the manner in which it has sinned.

I would have died
There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me.

No One Can Say There is No Hell
Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin. I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like...how terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God's mercy upon them. O My Jesus, I would rather be in agony until the end of the world, amidst the greatest sufferings, than offend you by the least sin." (Diary 741)
 
Today unfortunately there are some Religious, Priests and even Bishops who do not believe in the existence of Hell.  I just recently heard that a Priest said that he does not believe that a loving God could allow people to go to such a place.  But it is not God who sends anyone to Hell, the soul itself chooses to turn its back on God and His Mercy and if it persists in a state of sin deliberately he or she is endangering him or herself even more.  The Saints testify to the reality of hell, the seers of Fatima saw Hell and they were only children when they saw such a horrible sight.  Their lives were never the same after that as they embarked on a road of prayer and penance that would put many of us today to shame.  Evil is all around us but Gods Mercy is greater than all evil.  We must never forget to pray and do penance for those who are in danger especially those we see highlighted in the media and also those around us and we must pray very much for Priests and Religious.