Hi all,

This is way random, i'm just wondering if i'm missing something .....

I know someone who lived a sinful life and wanted to return to the faith fairly recently. She phoned up her local traditional oratory to talk to a priest, but none was available. She spoke to the secretary (a man who I know is devout and practising). She said she felt like it was "too late" to come back to God and was worried. She asked him if it was, hoping he would be reasonable and give her some inspiration. 

And he pretty much told her it was too late at this point - implying because we were in end times?

Am I missing something - shes not dead yet, Jesus has not returned yet?


Why would someone say that and frighten someone?

Luckily she spoke to a priest, she's now back at mass and confession etc 

Fr. John O'Connor +rip, said in one of his sermons when speaking about the Church's enemies, he said that this is their practice (and it continues to work very well); in order to do the most damage and if you want real authority, "seek the second highest position".

I always think of this whenever the antics of Pablo comes up, and also whenever I hear things along the lines of the OP. While the secretary may not be second in command, he is the first line of contact, the one who screens everything and can spin whatever he wants, however he wants to whomever he wants.

Judging by the OP, the secretary doesn't sound like a devout and practicing Catholic at all. But there's always two sides to every story so you should ask him about this.

She spoke to the secretary (a man who I know is devout and practising). She said she felt like it was "too late" to come back to God and was worried. She asked him if it was, hoping he would be reasonable and give her some inspiration.

And he pretty much told her it was too late at this point - implying because we were in end times?

Am I missing something?

Possibly both you and the priest are bad judges of person to think that man is suitable for a position like that? Is it a paid position? 

Sounds like the woman was overwrought and misunderstood. The secretary probably just said it was too late for anything but emergency calls.