Someone asked about this tonight. So here goes.....please talk with a minister or a priest. Please
Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of.
Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life. It is gravely contrary to the just love of self. It likewise offends love of neighbor because it unjustly breaks the ties of solidarity with family, nation, and other human societies to which we continue to have obligations. Suicide is contrary to love for the living God.
If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal. Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law.
Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide.
We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives.
>>Someone asked about this tonight. So here goes.....please talk with a minister or a priest. Please<<
Indeed! The most precious gift God gave us is life. We are admonished not to discard His gifts.
And it is unfair — to the survivors. Everyone ends up losing, malaise is visited on everyone and God’s judgment will be most terrible.
To date, I know of only one suicide (and even then I might be remembering incorrectly) on FR. Thank God the Conservative philosophy is based on the infinite dignity of the Human Soul. Sadly, the liberal philosophy sees the human soul as an artifact of their banal minds and of little value. These are the people we need to pray for.
I’ve heard it associated that whenever a temptation of suicide arises, there frequently is also a temptation of 1 to 3 other forms of arrogance: self-justification, self-deception, and/or self-absorption.
In each of these forms of arrogance, the person being tempted fails to exercise faith in what God has exercised at the Cross.
Hey, everyone, this was a person online here at FR who was considering suicide.
Pray for this person. That’s all I can say right now.