[Elsie]

... OTHER words that may have been said in addition to this.

Reply #373 sure hints at more...

[Elsie]

Rev. Don LaCuesta delivered a homily for Maison Hullibarger, an 18-year-old who took his own life,

during which the priest denounced suicide as an act "against God who made us and everyone who loves us." 

LaCuesta gave the homily on Dec. 8, four days after Hullibarger died, according to The New York Times.  

 

 

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Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

 If we Christians are right in believing that salvation belongs to Jesus Christ, that it does not come from us -- and that our hand cannot stop what God allows for us, then yes , there is hope in eternity even for those who take their own lives.

Having said that, I think that we must not call what is bad good, what is wrong right. Because we are Christians, we mus t say what we know is the truth – that taking your own life is against God who made us and against everyone who loves us .

Our lives are not our own. They are not ours to do with as we please. God gave us life, and we are to be good stewards of that gift for as long as God permits.

 

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