The Holy Father drew attention to the relativeness of life. We are not eternal, we cannot think of doing whatever we like, trusting in the infinite mercy of God.
So don't be rash and reckless and believe that you will get away with it. You may get away with it once but you don’t know what’s next.
Don't say: "God's compassion is great, he'll forgive me my many sins", and so I continue doing what I want. Regarding this, the advice of the father or grandfather is: "Don’t wait to convert yourself to the Lord, don’t postpone it from day to day because the anger of the Lord will suddenly burst forth," the Pope warned.
"Let’s take a little time every day to examine our conscience, to convert to the Lord, the Pope urged." [2]
"[N]o one is sure of how and when our life will end. Five minutes at the end of each day, the Pope said, will help us think about a change of heart and conversion to the Lord, without procrastination." [3]
Perhaps there is hope for this pope, or perhaps not.
Despite Bergoglio's best of intentions, there is arguably a slight error, whether it was made by the person who wrote the article, or by the person who prepared Bergoglio's text or by Bergoglio himself is uncertain. Or, perhaps there is no error at all and it is this blogger who misinterprets. In the first paragraph quoted above are these words "[w]e are not eternal." If Bergoglio meant only flesh and blood, he was correct.
However, man is not only flesh and blood. Man is flesh, blood and soul. It is precisely because man's soul is eternal that man ought not to do whatever man pleases. On the other hand, if man (flesh, blood and soul) is not eternal, then why care about an eternity in Hell, why not continue with a life of Godless hedonism?
Sometimes, in the midst of telling God's Truth is revealed inadvertently the truth behind the man himself. In this case, believing that "[w]e are not eternal."
Maybe Bergoglio has forgotten the words of the Apostles' Creed that begins the Holy Rosary:
[in English] [4]
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son Our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven, and [sits] at the right hand of God, the Father almighty; ... He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.
Amen. [Emphasis added.]
[in Latin] [5]
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad infernos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam. Amen. [Emphasis added.]
[1] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope-francis/mass-casa-santa-marta/2019-02/pope-francis-santa-marta-mass-homily-conscience-conversion.html
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] https://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/creed2.htm
[5] http://www.ewtn.com/library/prayer/latrosar.htm
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