Being Catholic, I cannot agree with the view of the soul that you describe, although I admit it is a heroic and attractive one. I think rather of those words to be expected or feared, as the light of this world dies and that of another dawns: either - Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord - or else Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Now if you ask me whether that leaves poor Trine any hope, I would say - much more hope than a lot of people who lived apparently harmless lives without loving anything or doing anything for anyone. God does not judge as we judge, and He knows us better than we know ourselves. If there is any reason to forgive even the worst sin, He will know it better than the best advocate could. But we must love before we can be loved, and give mercy before we can pray for it.