What will Christ say to the wicked?

Christ will say to the wicked: "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

Explanation

The Church teaches that human beings have been given the freedom to accept or reject God's grace. At the Last Judgment, those who have definitively rejected God through unrepented mortal sin will experience eternal separation from Him. The words spoken by Christ in this passage emphasise the seriousness of human freedom and the reality of Hell. God desires all people to be saved and provides sufficient grace for salvation, but He does not force anyone to love Him. The existence of Hell demonstrates both God's justice and His respect for human freedom. At the same time, Catholics should never presume that a particular person is condemned. Instead, these warnings should inspire repentance, humility, prayer, and trust in God's mercy. Christ spoke about judgment not to drive people to despair but to call them to conversion and eternal life.