"God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary,* and persistence in it until the end*. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want “any to perish, but all to come to repentance” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1037)
“To choose deliberately - that is, both knowing it and willing it - something gravely contrary to the divine law and to the ultimate end of man is to commit a mortal sin. This destroys in us the charity without which eternal beatitude is impossible.
Unrepented, it brings eternal death” (Ibid., 1874)
Does not these teachings propose a conclusion that if one persists in confession therein is the worthwhile habit of final perseverance?
St. Clement of Alexandria speaks of the figure of Rebecca as endurance. Isaac, the husband of Rebecca and son of Abraham (our father in faith), is spoken in the same chapter as joy. These two are wedded in the gift of final perseverance. Issac, a type of Christ, represents the divinity of Jesus such that he was not slain, but yet righteously and perfectly condemned. Jesus, righteously condemned, entered the city of his condemnation on a donkey: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; tell aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh, just, meek, and bringing salvation; meek truly is He, and riding on a beast of burden, and a young colt.” (Zech 9:9) His divinity is our grace in baptism, the initiation unto the endurance of the Sacraments. “By whom he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature: *flying the corruption *of that concupiscence which is in the world.” (2 Pet 1:4)
St. Clement in the same chapter (cf. The Instructor, Book One, Chapter five
ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.vi.iii.i.v.html ) cites this quote of a colt to show that those who follow the truth, run like colts toward the truth (“flying the corruption”) - trampling the cares of the world under hoof - this is a worthwhile disposition of those with final perseverance. This habitual disposition to run to confession, to run to dogma, to run to the tabernacle and altar are the habits of repentance. To all who read this: If you maintain to acquire the habits you do not need to worry about hell. Personally for me, I did everything available in the Church’s disposal except read the Scriptures night and day (cf. Ps 1). Once I did that, then God gave the gift to overcome the habitual grave sin.
I’d just like to add, make an Act of Perfect Contrition asap!