God created the human race out of love. He did not need to
create anything or anyone. Moreover, He elevated the human
race to a supernatural destiny, nothing less than the vision of the Holy Trinity for all eternity. All of this not because He had to, but only because He loves.
God became man out of love for the sinful human race. He
became a mortal man to die to prove how much He loves us. He assumed a human will that He might freely suffer. Do all
humans suffer? Yes. Do all humans suffer willingly? No. The
essence of love is to suffer willingly for the one you claim to love. God became man to suffer with a human will.
Christ, the Son of God who became the Son of Man, suffered
and died not just for the predestined elect, but for all
mankind.
God gives everyone enough grace to be saved. Is everyone
saved? No. God wants all men to be saved yet gave us a free
will with which we can choose either to love Him or love
ourselves even to the contempt of God.
We have a free will by which we can really choose to love
God. When we want what God wants then we are loving Him.
Love unites two wills: the will of God, by which He offers
us His grace; and our will, by which we correspond with the
graces we receive.
_We have a free will that can go beyond the call of duty. We can do more than just cooperate with God’s grace to avoid sin. We can also love God more than we have to . . . more than we must. Read the letters of St. Margaret Mary. After twenty pages you will have to brace yourself. This loving God more than we have to means loving the cross. Christ joyfully chose the cross, and invites us to do the same, out of love for Him.
I will be gone to late Thursday.
I wish you a Blessed evening!
“”God created the human race out of love. He did not need to
create anything or anyone. Moreover, He elevated the human
race to a supernatural destiny, nothing less than the vision of the Holy Trinity for all eternity. All of this not because He had to, but only because He loves.
God became man out of love for the sinful human race.
He became a mortal man to die to prove how much He loves us.
He assumed a human will that He might freely suffer.
Do all humans suffer? Yes. Do all humans suffer willingly? No. The essence of love is to suffer willingly for the one you claim to love. God became man to suffer with a human will.
Christ, the Son of God who became the Son of Man, suffered
and died not just for the predestined elect, but for all
mankind.
God gives everyone enough grace to be saved. Is everyone
saved? No. God wants all men to be saved yet gave us a free
will with which we can choose either to love Him or love
ourselves even to the contempt of God.
We have a free will by which we can really choose to love
God. When we want what God wants then we are loving Him.
Love unites two wills: the will of God, by which He offers
us His grace; and our will, by which we correspond with the
graces we receive.
We have a free will that can go beyond the call of duty. We can do more than just cooperate with God’s grace to avoid sin. We can also love God more than we have to . . . more than we must. Read the letters of St. Margaret Mary. After twenty pages you will have to brace yourself. This loving God more than we have to means loving the cross. Christ joyfully chose the cross, and invites us to do the same, out of love for Him.””
(Father John Hardon)
Amen.