Catechism of Pope St. Pius V
Explained by Fr. Spirago
HOW IS SIN TO BE RECONCILED WITH THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD?
God is not responsible for sin 140
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How is Sin to be Reconciled with the Providence of God?
1. It is not God Who is responsible for sin and its consequences, but man’s wrong use of his free will.
God created man free, and therefore does not hinder even those free actions which are evil. There are also many reasons why He should not hinder evil. If there were no evil in the world, man would have no opportunity of doing what is good; he would not have the choice between good and evil, and would not be able to earn the reward of good accomplished. Compare the parable of the cockle among the wheat. “God,” says St. Augustine, “would never have per mitted evil if He had not intended to bring some greater good out of it.”
2. God in His wisdom employs even sin for a good end.
The patriarch Joseph very truly said to his brethren, “You thought evil against me, but God turned it into good” (Gen. 1. 20). God turned to good even the treachery of Judas; it contributed to the work of man’s redemption. The bee makes honey out of poisonous plants; the potter makes beautiful vessels out of dirty earth. God does something similar to this.
3. Besides, it does not become us to pry into the secret designs of God; we poor miserable creatures must adore His wisdom and submit ourselves humbly to what He ordains.
What is true of sin, is true of all the suffering that is the consequence of sin.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.