Does God's forgiveness ever run out?

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I was looking over an integrist (radical traditionalist) website and I came across a sermon by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri.

Basically St. Alphonsus says that God will eventually stop forgiving someone who lives in sin. If that person sins, repents, then sins again God will stop forgiving after a while and that person is doomed no matter what. So basically the person is alive but no matter how repentant they are God is fed up and refuses to pardon them. St. Alphonsus then says that if anyone reads this sermon of his and then goes on to sin that they are probably lost and God will not forgive them.

I was pretty frightened by this. I have done some truly awful sins (blasphemy, for example), “repented”, then gone back to them. Sometimes I honestly feel that God has had quite enough of my evil and has already judged me and will offer no more forgiveness.

Will God forgive someone who lives in obstinate sin if they eventually come around and will He always forgive as long as the person is truly repentant, or does he draw the line after a certain point and stop forgiving?
 
The line is drawn at death and at blsphemy against the Holy Spirit.
 
Death I understand. I’m not quite sure what Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is though. Is it refusing to repent your entire life (making it the same thing as death)? Is it denying Jesus to His face when you know 100% its Him?
 
RomanCrusader said:
Death I understand. I’m not quite sure what Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is though. Is it refusing to repent your entire life (making it the same thing as death)? Is it denying Jesus to His face when you know 100% its Him?
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Yes, refusing to repent at death, to my knowledge.
 
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RomanCrusader:
I was looking over an integrist (radical traditionalist) website and I came across a sermon by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri.

Basically St. Alphonsus says that God will eventually stop forgiving someone who lives in sin. If that person sins, repents, then sins again God will stop forgiving after a while and that person is doomed no matter what. So basically the person is alive but no matter how repentant they are God is fed up and refuses to pardon them. St. Alphonsus then says that if anyone reads this sermon of his and then goes on to sin that they are probably lost and God will not forgive them.

I was pretty frightened by this. I have done some truly awful sins (blasphemy, for example), “repented”, then gone back to them. Sometimes I honestly feel that God has had quite enough of my evil and has already judged me and will offer no more forgiveness.

Will God forgive someone who lives in obstinate sin if they eventually come around and will He always forgive as long as the person is truly repentant, or does he draw the line after a certain point and stop forgiving?
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Can you link to the actual quote from St Alphonsus? I can’t ever imagine him saying anything like this. He may have been referring to the sin of presumption - which is different. That’s where you say to yourself something to the effect of ‘I’ll sin and just go to confession afterwards’.

Remember this is the same Jesus who said ‘if your brother sins against you seven times in a day and repents seven times you must forgive him’ … why would he not be as merciful to those who sin frequently but genuinely repent?
 
Yeah, I think I’m a goner according to this speech. I went through a terrible period of apostasy/blasphemy (I won’t even describe my sins, they were that bad) against God while still professing to be Catholic and saying to myself “I’ll confess later just in case”.

My blasphemous, presumptios behavior may have earned me a spot in Hell already:( .

I beg Gods forgiveness!
 
RomanCrusader said:
Yeah, I think I’m a goner according to this speech. I went through a terrible period of apostasy/blasphemy (I won’t even describe my sins, they were that bad) against God while still professing to be Catholic and saying to myself “I’ll confess later just in case”.

My blasphemous, presumptios behavior may have earned me a spot in Hell already:( .

I beg Gods forgiveness!
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make your way to confession this weekend. no harm, no foul. (in baseball terms)
 
thechrismyster said:
make your way to confession this weekend. no harm, no foul. (in baseball terms)
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Don’t take this the wrong way, but you appear to be scrupulous.

It’s not that God’s mercy for us runs out, like I said Jesus forgives us seven times a day if we sin against him seven times a day and repent seven times. As he told us to do for each other.

Simply that in his omnipotence God can foresee who will die repentant and who will not, and for that reason may realise that even if he forgives them it will be to no avail.
 
God’s forgiveness depends on our own willingness to forgive others.

"If you forgive the sins of others, your heavenly Father will forgive you your sins. If you do not forgive the sins of others, your heavenly Father will not forgive you of your sins. "

This is found right after the Lord’s prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. By the way the Lord’s prayer says the same thing

“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

The parable of the unforgiving servant says the same thing.

And in the Beatitudes we find
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.”

The gospels are very clear on what is required to obtain forgiveness.

Jim
 
As long as we forgive others, and we keep asking for forgiveness, I believe God forgives us. We have to keep getting up after each and every fall. Very few would be able to stand up to the criteria of never commiting the same sin again. By some estimates 90% of males would be automatically doomed as that is the number who struggle with sex when they are young.

That’s certainly possible, but not very likely. Yes we all have to strive for perfection, but how many reach it within their lifetime is rare. That’s why Purgatory is there, for those of us who can’t attain perfection while here on earth.
 
You are looking at it all wrong…

Gos’d forgiveness never runs out, however our capacity to accept forgiveness maybe more limited. More you sin, the harder it is for the sinner to accept that hey sinned. …you become desensitized to it. That’s why grevious notorious sinners who repented usually need a big push or change as they are stuck in thier own little world of lies and have problems with accepting/asking forgiveness.
 
At the end of our sacramental confession, the priest always says
“His Mercy endures Forever”…that means to me… the end of time!
right??
 
RomanCrusader said:
I was looking over an integrist (radical traditionalist) website and I came across a sermon by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri.

Basically St. Alphonsus says that God will eventually stop forgiving someone who lives in sin. If that person sins, repents, then sins again God will stop forgiving after a while and that person is doomed no matter what. So basically the person is alive but no matter how repentant they are God is fed up and refuses to pardon them. St. Alphonsus then says that if anyone reads this sermon of his and then goes on to sin that they are probably lost and God will not forgive them.

I was pretty frightened by this. I have done some truly awful sins (blasphemy, for example), “repented”, then gone back to them. Sometimes I honestly feel that God has had quite enough of my evil and has already judged me and will offer no more forgiveness.

Will God forgive someone who lives in obstinate sin if they eventually come around and will He always forgive as long as the person is truly repentant, or does he draw the line after a certain point and stop forgiving?
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Pray. Pray. Pray. And then relax in God’s grace, even St. Paul acknowledged himself as a big sinner…

1st Timothy Chapter 1:

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This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.
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mommyof4 said:
Do some reading about Divine Mercy. I truely believe that God’s mercy and forgiveness does not have any bounds.
thedivinemercy.org/
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I read Jesus’ Divine Mercy using St. Faustina’s diary book.
Like you, I do believe His Mercy is endless.

Jesus wants us to know He is God of Mercy, but it is our will to accept His Mercy.

We all should not take His Mercy for granted. While His Mercy never ends, our lives on Earth ends, and you know where you go when your time is up.
 
No God’s forgiveness does not run out. His nature is Eternal and His nature is Love, all of His qualities therefore are eternal. His forgiveness is therefore Eternal, that is Infinite. Nothing of the nature of God runs out.
 
I am far, far, from being any sort of theological expert, but I have asked the same question, so I will give you my 1/2 cents worth;
regarding this question, THE BEST thing that ever happened to me was meeting an evil person! Such a person can tell a demonstrable untruth , like, for example, saying that it is night when it is clearly daylight, and yet pass a polygraph test with flying colors. The reason being, because he believes that the truth is, literally, whatever HE SAYS IT IS.
Apparently you haven’t had the good fortune to meet such a person.
So, anyway, it deffinately seems to me that the very fact that you are worried about such things is a strong evidence that you are a long way from damned.
In my - albeit limited - experience, bad people live enjoyable, care-free, worry-free lives - perhaps because that is ALL they will ever have.
In contrast, God visits doubts, errors, mortifications and humiliations on his beloved because he is trying to save them, for they would not learn otherwise.
Have you ever been absolutely crazy about some pretty girl?
Try thinking of God in the same way.
Try loving God like a lip-smacking cheeseburger.
And never give up trying to be good for your beloved.
That should work surely.
 
Dear RomanCrusader,

You’ve gotten some good advice here.

Can I also add to be careful your pride doesn’t get in the way by thinking your sins are unforgivable and are greater than God’s Divine Mercy.
 
kesa82 said:
In contrast, God visits doubts, errors, mortifications and humiliations on his beloved because he is trying to save them, for they would not learn otherwise.
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Then I think I’m going to be a saint!😃
 
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