Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

What is a little suffering in this life, if you are spared everlasting torments?   Think of the rich glutton, now burning in hell.   What would he not do to expiate his sins, could he return to this world?   There is no reason why you should not now do as much, if you feel that you have ever offended God. Ven. Louis Granada, O.P

(Photo©Michael Seagriff) Make of everything you can a sacrifice and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication, for the conversion of sinners. Guardian Angel of Portugal to Fatima children     [Just one of the 1200 inspiring and faith building quotations you will find in F orgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct! ]

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Reparation is the act or fact of making amends. It implies an attempt to restore things to their normal or sound conditions, as they were before something wrong was done. It applies mainly to recompense for the losses sustained or the harm caused by some morally bad action. With respect to God, it means making up with greater love for the failure in love through sin; it means restoring what was unjustly taken and compensating with generosity for the selfishness that caused the injury.  (Servant of God - Father John A. Hardon, S.J. )

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )     What is a little suffering in this life, if you are spared everlasting torments?   Think of the rich glutton, now burning in hell.   What would he not do to expiate his sins, could he return to this world?   There is no reason why you should not now do as much, if you feel that you have ever offended God.  Ven. Louis Granada, O.P.

As sin abounds in the human race, man needs a remedy for it. But no one can provide this remedy, except God alone, Who is able not only to move man’s will to good, so as to bring him back to the right order, but also to forgive the offense committed against Him; since an offense is not forgiven except by the person offended.    St. Thomas Aquinas

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons The Lord has given us the joys and pleasures of this world not only that we may enjoy them, but also that we might have an opportunity of making a sacrifice, by depriving ourselves of them for love of God. Father Vincent Carafa, S.J.