That grace is involved in having faith isn't too
hard to imagine, but why some people seem to have it and believe and others
seemingly don't leaves me to question, "Why?"
Does God choose with whom He will share Himself,
(which is a definition of grace), including some and excluding others? If so,
how then would someone to whom God doesn't appear to give grace to ever hope to
be saved?
The answer is simple and easy to remember, it is
not just by grace that we are saved, but by our acceptance of God's
grace.
Free will leaves us the terrible option to reject
God's saving help that is always there, always eager to be poured out for us. The fault then is never God's, but our own.
As Jesus says in John’s Gospel, Chapter 16:
"Amen,
amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my
name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may
be complete.
A simple prayer that Mary gave to us at Fatima to
say at the end of each decade of the rosary embodies Jesus’ teaching here:
"O
my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fire of hell. And lead all
souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy."
Who, O
Lord, needs Thy mercy most? Those who would refuse Your help.
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