It does matter!! The boons you mentioned are irrelevant to the necessity of us all to keep God's laws when given the grace of Holy Faith. If we are not truly contrite when we sin and fail in discipline, then hell threatens or a long purgatory. Us moderns are too lax!!!
The following provides perspective:
From
"The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life - by Fr Charles Arminjon (d 1885 RIP)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933184388/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1933184388&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20"Moreover, certain saints "have had reason to believe
through revelation, that a large number-of- souls were condemned
to Purgatory until the end of the world, and that, despite the
assistance of the prayers and petitions of the Church, they
have languished in that -prison for some centuries. This may be
true in very exceptional cases, as with great sinners who
returned to God only on the point of death; but there is no
evidence or testimony to show that this view should be extended *
to the greater number of the faithful departed.
It is true you, whose lives are so lax, who do not fear to
stain yourselves with a thousand faults in order to please
the world or spare your body a moment's trouble, tell
us - have you understood the mysteries of God's justice,
and have you meditated upon the length of the torments
that await you? (Indica mihi si habes intelligentiam.)
The primitive Church, cradle of Christianity, model of
all ages, who numbered as many saints as faithful and,
taught by the Apostles, received the oracles of the
incarnate Word at first hand: how frightful was your idea
of the greatness of the penalties due to sin! You made
amends in this life which astound us.
In the Church of the early ages canon law was
applied in its full rigour. There was no remission or
concession. Penance and works of satisfaction were
imposed strictly according to what was required in order to
satisfy completely the justice of God. That penance did
not consist in reciting a few short prayers; it consisted
of long fasts on bread and water, daily recitation of the
psalms, long and painful pilgrimages, and a considerable
number of pious works. A thief, depending on the amount
stolen, was sentenced to two or five years' penance, a
blasphemer to seven years, an adulterer to ten and often
twelve years of fasting, tears and public prostrations on
the threshold of the sacred place. On this frightful
calculation, an entire life spent in the macerations of
the anchorites, even if it were as long as that of the
ancient Patriarchs, would scarcely be enough to atone for
the most ordinary, habitual sins of the men of our time.
How long and terrible the Purgatory of most sinners will
be!
Without doubt, one thought capable of lightening the
sorrow of those suffering souls would be that their memory
is not lost, that the friends whom they have left on this
earth are working to aid and deliver them."