Which isn’t to say that such a person is necessarily lost, to providence, but only that it doesn’t belong to every individual, or event, or circumstance to operate as an instrument of grace for such a person. But there will be some occasion that can work as that instrument of grace. Until the very last moment of a person’s life, if necessary, God will provide these occasions. The parable of the Prodigal Son is an example of these workings. As is the short story A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor, though the main character in that one begins not so much as a hedonist but as a superficial Christian. Which isn’t that much different than being a hedonist, when you look at it closely. In fact, to be a superficial Christian, or a Christian in name only, can sometimes be more insidious, because it is to disguise one’s intentions, rather than make them clear.