text: Jesus never mentioned hell. That word was inserted by St. Jerome when he wrote the Vulgate. We have no words of Mary concerning hell in the Gospels. And she left no writings. As for the saints, they are welcome to their opinions, but none of them knew for certain either. Holiness does not make someone infallible or all-knowing. 
  I don't know whether or not their is a heaven or hell. I certainly hope there is an Afterlife of some kind, preferably some sort of union with God. I'd love to think it's the kind where we'd really meet our loved ones again, or get to meet famous people who died before us--I have a lot of questions for some people-- but we really have no way of knowing for sure at all. 
  I try to live following what Jesus said--to love God and to love my neighbor. I'm not always very good at it, but I do try. As for heaven, I'll leave that in God's hands. The only thing we have for sure is this life, this NOW. If we are to find God, THIS is where God is found.