There are double torments in hell.
The torment of condemnation and the torment of the senses. The torment of reprobation is the height of misery, to be deprived of Him who is infinite good. The sinner has rejected him—the word of the supreme Judge. Depart from me, cursed one. Depart. Where will these wretches go? Well, where can these exiles go? Deprived of eternal blessedness to eternal damnation, instead of peace and contentment if not to despair and gnashing and despair.
Torments of the senses- The sinner reaches for forbidden fruits and low pleasures. He asks to be punished for what he has sinned. Instead of enjoying the creatures for the glory of God, he has misused them to gratify his passions and to satiate his love of self. When the hour of righteousness strikes, the word of the Book of Wisdom will be realized. On the last day, there will be a great and thorough purification of our universe. The whole world will be disintegrated into the elements of which it is composed. All that is noble, beautiful, and pure will be lifted to the heights, and all that is vile, corrupt, and evil will be cast down.
To punish the condemned. So, the whole creation will be a source of joy for some and a punishment for others. Every condemned person will suffer in proportion to their sins. The more you spare yourself now and abhor carnality, the harder it will be to repent afterward. Every sin will have its particular torment. The proud will be ashamed, and the jealous will suffer the severest privations. There will be one hour of repentance, as here, there will be a hundred years of most severe repentance. There the damned will have no rest, no pleasure, which they will only miss occasionally here on earth. Now be afflicted for your sins, and repent of them. The question arises. If anyone hates God, how is it possible that he will suffer if he does not live in his presence? Most of the time, if we hate someone, their presence makes us uncomfortable. However, someone can be happy in the presence of someone he hates if that person is unhappy and can feed on his pains. The damned person hates God, but at the same time, he loves Him against his will and feels drawn to Him with all his energies. He, however, represses these feelings. There is ambivalence in the damned. The damned feel a longing for God, but at the same time, they see that they are forever deprived of this happiness. St. Augustine answers how the material fire can touch even spirits. Even spirits with nobody can suffer and, in some strange way, feel the torments of the material fire. One thing is sure: no earthly suffering can be compared to the torments of hell. We must fear the torments of hell and do everything possible to avoid hell.
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