Are we ready to die?

The report of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson going into the ICU due to the coronavirus got me to thinking.

He makes the news because he is a prominent public figure. Other famous individuals who have been stricken have also made the news.

But as of this morning in the world there are more than a million people who have been confirmed to have the virus, and more than 75,000 people have died. What about them? Are they any less important?

We need to pray for them all and for their families.

But then I had a further thought.

How many of those people were ready for death? Johnson, who has not died but whose condition is serious, has been living with his girlfriend, and gotten her pregnant. She also has tested positive. What happens if he dies? Will that child be born without a father? Will the girlfriend have to raise a child without a father? Given their irregular status, will she have financial security?

And then I thought even further.

What about the spiritual states of the people who died? Were they ready?

I can't judge that - that's up to God. But Johnson committed a mortal sin with his fiancé. How many other people suddenly stricken were in a state of sin?

Again, I don't know, and while I can judge their actions as right or wrong, it's not for me to judge the state of their souls. But the Bible gives us guidance about these matters.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE):

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral,(i.e. fornicators)  nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, ( not the tendency, but the indulgences of this tendency)  ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. 
How many people will face death without a chance to repent of such sins? How many people face sudden death separate from this virus?

Indeed, in Matthew there is a wedding feast to which many were invited, but many chose not to, and one who did show up was not properly dressed - not in the proper spiritual state - and was cast out. We also have the parable of the sower, with many of the seeds failing to grow, or being choked by the world. There is the narrow gate through which not all can enter. And there are more examples. But the point is that not all will enter heaven.

I am saddened by that. I pray for others that their eyes might be opened before it's too late.

And I must take care of my own soul, seek to avoid sin, and repent when I do fall.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Pax et bonum