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MysticMissMisty
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Hello.
What, exactly, does the line in the Exsultet mean when it says that “our birth would have been no gain” had Christ not redeemed us?
Technically, is not to live better than not to exist at all? Certainly, even without the Redemption, many things, good in themselves because they would come from God, both spiritual and material, could have been found in life(?).
For even the worst souls among us likely damned, is there still not some kind of joy to be found in living even a natural life of good things which come from God?
Even if the profit were only temporary, at least a temporary enjoyment could be found(?).
Or, is the meaning that, had we been born without the Redemption, in the balance of things, spending eternity in punishment would have been much worse than simply having never existed? I think of Jesus’ warning that it profits a man nothing if he gains the whole world but loses his very soul, though, here, I thought that Jesus was speaking of ultimate and true or primary and essential profit but allowed room for less consequential profit. In the text, “nothing” is very much specified.
Or, is there something else at work here?
Or, am I simply analyzing this too much and missing something obvious?
Thanks.
What, exactly, does the line in the Exsultet mean when it says that “our birth would have been no gain” had Christ not redeemed us?
Technically, is not to live better than not to exist at all? Certainly, even without the Redemption, many things, good in themselves because they would come from God, both spiritual and material, could have been found in life(?).
For even the worst souls among us likely damned, is there still not some kind of joy to be found in living even a natural life of good things which come from God?
Even if the profit were only temporary, at least a temporary enjoyment could be found(?).
Or, is the meaning that, had we been born without the Redemption, in the balance of things, spending eternity in punishment would have been much worse than simply having never existed? I think of Jesus’ warning that it profits a man nothing if he gains the whole world but loses his very soul, though, here, I thought that Jesus was speaking of ultimate and true or primary and essential profit but allowed room for less consequential profit. In the text, “nothing” is very much specified.
Or, is there something else at work here?
Or, am I simply analyzing this too much and missing something obvious?
Thanks.
