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Sir_Matthew
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To prevent us from being conceited. We must be dealt with despair.
And without despair, there isn’t true happiness.
And without despair, there isn’t true happiness.
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ynotzap
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As I see it to deal with our conceit we are not dealt despair, but humility, so that we live in truth, that we are not God, but His creation, and that to live rightly and happy we must humble ourselves before our Creator not because He needs our homage, but because we need him. In our conceit we have a false estimation of ourselves. Despair comes when we rely on ourselves incapable of supplying our greatest need, the need for God.
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TimothyH
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Despair does not come from God.
*Catechism 2091 The first commandment is also concerned with sins against hope, namely, despair and presumption:
By despair, man ceases to hope for his personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or for the forgiveness of his sins. Despair is contrary to God’s goodness, to his justice - for the Lord is faithful to his promises - and to his mercy. *
Despair is lack of trust in God and so cannot come from God.
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*Catechism 2091 The first commandment is also concerned with sins against hope, namely, despair and presumption:
By despair, man ceases to hope for his personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or for the forgiveness of his sins. Despair is contrary to God’s goodness, to his justice - for the Lord is faithful to his promises - and to his mercy. *
Despair is lack of trust in God and so cannot come from God.
-Tim-
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TarkanAttila
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Aaauuhhh…To prevent us from being conceited. We must be dealt with despair.
And without despair, there isn’t true happiness.
What do you mean when you say “despair”?
Despair means “the complete loss or absence of hope”. One of the chief virtues is hope (along with faith and love).
Perhaps you mean a healthy scepticism? That is, the opposite of presumption (i.e, assuming God is happy with you and you’ll get into Heaven scot-free)?
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Nate123
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God does not punish us.
“These two punishments (eternal and temporal) must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1472).
“These two punishments (eternal and temporal) must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1472).
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fred_conty
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So then we lose hope so that we may not rely on ourselves but rather look to God for help. For without this loss of hope we would become conceited and rely on ourselves for the answers, ignoring God who has all the answers to our happiness. Then we miss the big picture.To prevent us from being conceited. We must be dealt with despair.
And without despair, there isn’t true happiness.
I would certainly agree with that.
May God bless and keep you. May God’s face shine on you. May God be kind to you and give you peace.
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