While the thought of Heaven brings us joy and the thought of Hell brings terror, there can be no doubt that it exists and is is important to contemplate it, in order to avoid it!

The first part includes: American statistics on belief in hell; Why God created hell; Saint Benedict's thoughts on hell; Saint Jerome's fear of hell; How hell converted Saint Teresa of Avila, and much, much more.

The second part covers; Proofs that hell exists; If there were no sanctions attached to Divine Law, how would sinners react? Why aren't the wicked annihilated? And Much More. Saint Teresa of Avila's vision of hell - Father Garrigou Lagrange explains the value of sermons on hell.

The third part covers: More proofs that hell exists; If there were no sanctions attached to Divine Law, how would sinners react? Why aren't the wicked annihilated?

The fourth part covers such topics as; Before a person can be declared possessed, what proof must first be established? Forceful passages on hell from Saint Catherine of Siena, and much more.

The fifth part covers such topics as: Why does God permit sin and evil? Is it justice to inflict an eternal hell for a sin which lasted for a moment? What is the essential pain of hell?

This sixth part cover topics such as: Are the pains of hell equal for all? Can the pains of hell be shortened? What is the essential difference between purgatory and hell? And much more!

The seventh part contains sermons by the Holy Cure of Ars, Saint John Vianney "The Death of the Sinner" and "The Particular Judgment."

The eighth part covers the Dreams of Saint John Bosco; "To hell and back" - as narrated to his students in 1868.

The ninth part contains the Sermon by Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman - "Salvation is not easily presumed."

The tenth part contains Sermons by Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri - "The Remorse of the Damned"; "The Eternity of Hell"; and "The Pains of Hell."

The eleventh part contains the Sermons by Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri on "Delusions of Sinners", "The Importance of Salvation", and "The Practical Death"

The twelfth part contains Sermons by the Holy Cure of Ars, Saint John Vianney, on "The Eternal Truths" and "The Last Judgment."

HELL, You Better Believe It! is a twelve-part series. All the material in this series has been researched and extracted from Catholic sources that have imprimaturs from an impressive list of Cardinals and Archbishops including principally Lawrence Cardinal Sheehan, and additionally, Archbishop Thomas Edmund Malloy, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop John Jay Williams, Archbishop John Gregory Murray, Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop Franz Albert, and Archbishop Michael Augustine. (Part 1 of 12)