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As Catholics we are especially blessed to have the Sacrament of Confession, which is a pipeline that pours GRACE directly into our souls in order to empower us to do God’s will in our life. Without God’s grace, we can do nothing on our own.
So if we are struggling with anything in our life, never forget that the Sacrament of Confession gives us real power to overcome anything: any weakness, any temptation. This is possible as long as we are sincerely seeking to be transformed, and fully willing to let God transform us into what He wants us to be. This can only be accomplished when we unite our will to His, one day at a time, growing in love and desire for Him.
Only saints can enter heaven. This is because nothing imperfect can enter heaven. Heaven is the Perfect and Eternal Union with God. Since most of us will fall short of that perfection in our life (which is achieved by carrying our crosses in life) we are purified in purgatory—only if we die in the state of grace. If we are not in the state of grace, we are spiritually separated from God forever.
Sanctifying Grace is the life of God in our soul. We destroy our life of grace through Mortal Sin. Mortal Sin kills our spiritual life. (Venial Sins are like small wounds which can weaken our free will.)
The key to being in the state of grace is to make a good examination of conscience, and to completely release in Confession anything inside of us that does not belong. When the time comes when we must leave this world, it behooves us to be at peace, fully united to God’s will. Mortal sin eternally separates us from Him. God does not live in time, He lives in eternity, where there is no past, no future, just an “eternal now”. Thus if we die in Mortal Sin, that is how He sees us eternally. Sin repels us away from God—Who is infinitely and perfectly Good. The Sacrament of Confession not only washes our soul, but it strengthens our will, and gives us the power to get up faster when we fall. It is good to go to Confession often, because we always receive Sanctifying Grace so that we make progress in our spiritual life, uprooting any secret gardens or weaknesses which we are tempted to tend. Pope John Paul II went to confession every week!
So if we are struggling with anything in our life, never forget that the Sacrament of Confession gives us real power to overcome anything: any weakness, any temptation. This is possible as long as we are sincerely seeking to be transformed, and fully willing to let God transform us into what He wants us to be. This can only be accomplished when we unite our will to His, one day at a time, growing in love and desire for Him.
Only saints can enter heaven. This is because nothing imperfect can enter heaven. Heaven is the Perfect and Eternal Union with God. Since most of us will fall short of that perfection in our life (which is achieved by carrying our crosses in life) we are purified in purgatory—only if we die in the state of grace. If we are not in the state of grace, we are spiritually separated from God forever.
Sanctifying Grace is the life of God in our soul. We destroy our life of grace through Mortal Sin. Mortal Sin kills our spiritual life. (Venial Sins are like small wounds which can weaken our free will.)
The key to being in the state of grace is to make a good examination of conscience, and to completely release in Confession anything inside of us that does not belong. When the time comes when we must leave this world, it behooves us to be at peace, fully united to God’s will. Mortal sin eternally separates us from Him. God does not live in time, He lives in eternity, where there is no past, no future, just an “eternal now”. Thus if we die in Mortal Sin, that is how He sees us eternally. Sin repels us away from God—Who is infinitely and perfectly Good. The Sacrament of Confession not only washes our soul, but it strengthens our will, and gives us the power to get up faster when we fall. It is good to go to Confession often, because we always receive Sanctifying Grace so that we make progress in our spiritual life, uprooting any secret gardens or weaknesses which we are tempted to tend. Pope John Paul II went to confession every week!