Did not the sacrifice of Jesus require as an instrument the greatest sins ever committed on earth? Does not Holy Church describe the very sin of Adam as "happy" because it gave occasion for Christ to come to redeem us? On Holy Saturday the Church sings: "O happy fault that merited so great a Redeemer! O truly necessary sin of Adam!"
Since the time of Adam's fall, God has this invariable strategy both in the general history of the human race and in the history of each soul: to draw good out of evil, which thereby becomes an instrument to achieve good.
God always draws good out of evil...
And even though we regret having offended God, after all, perhaps we should paraphrase the words of the Church: "O happy sins of mine that merited so great a Redeemer! O truly necessary faults, for our failings humiliate us by revealing to us our nothingness. This is one of the main purposes for which God permits them."
Servant of God Luis Maria Martinez
I have read that last line over and over.
"O truly necessary faults, for our failings humiliate us by revealing to us our nothingness. This is one of the main purposes for which God permits them."
Pondering in my heart...
When I am humiliated by my own failings, reveal to me my nothingness.
When I feel that nothing is all that I am, reveal to me my purpose.
Help me to see the good in my nothingness.
Help me to see the good by admitting I need God.
He gives us everything when we have nothing.
Only God can draw good out of evil.
The evil being our sin and the good being His love and mercy!
Draw good out of me.
Make me an instrument to achieve the good for the glory of God.
To build on a comment you made to me in one of my blogs... I love that you ponder in your heart!
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