MARY, OUR MOTHER

CHAPTER XXVIII: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM

Again and again, one of the difficult questions are asked about PREDESTINATION: "GOD KNOWS WHETHER I GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL, SO WHAT'S THE USE?"
While I was with the Catholic Evidence Guild in New Orleans, LA, we studied this subject at length--in fact for 6 months--learning about the Thomistic theory, the Jesuit theory, quotations from the Scriptures . . . At the end of it all, I was more confused than ever.
One day this very question was asked on the Catholic Question Box Radio Program, with Msgr. Herman Lohmann the answer-Priest. This was Msgr.'s explanation:
"Here we are on the 22nd floor of the Old Jung Hotel, looking down on Canal St. There I see one of my boys, my parishioner, crossing the street, reading a newspaper walking against the red light. I had told him"
"Do not walk against the red light crossing a street."
He disobeyed.
A car was coming down Canal St, at a fair speed, traveling towards the green light. The way my boy is walking against the light, he will be hit and get killed. Sure enough that's what happened.
Now, I knew ahead of time this was going to happen. Actually, it's neither here nor there that I knew before time of this outcome.
Again, that Almighty God knows all things and knows the past, present and future and knows all things ahead of time--it is His Prerogative!
Let's consider:

1. God gives us FREE WILL and He will not take that away from us. Nor will He stop our actions, choosing between good or evil.
2. Almighty God WILLS all men to be saved! We know this to be true from the Old Testament, the Scriptures.
3. God gives us all SUFFICIENT GRACES to be saved, we know this from St. Paul's epistles.

The word PREDESTINE, APPEARS IN THE SCRIPTURES AS FOLLOWS: (Romans, 8. Chapter, 30. Verse.)

• "Those He foreknew He PREDESTINED
• Those He predestined He justified
• Those He justified He called
• Those He called He glorified."

The bottom line is--those He foreknew--so it's up to us! Don't let's 'goof-up'! We make the choice between Heaven or Hell.

Thank you, Msgr. Herman Lohmann, of happy Memory!

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