Meeting of 16 December 2010 by Don Piero Ciardella
Freedom, grace and predestination
Grace is a gift given to man by God 'a free gift, God gives himself. We live far away and He gives us the neighborhood. St. Paul tells us that this grace has been poured with the sacrifice of Christ and is confirmed by the Holy Spirit.
What has to do with all this freedom? God never asks anything in return and then leave man free to accept or reject it. As an example we can take Zacchaeus. This character does not change because God asks him something, but the transformation in him is because he assumes a knowledge of the gratuity.
produces What is grace? The man is reconciled through the grace of God we have an initial grace that is to love God and we receive in baptism.
Then there is another kind of grace that is the usual one, that we receive every day.
We have been freed from sin to grace and salvation by grace. Then we are led to ask ourselves: the good works in the midst of what they do? From the Council of Trent indicates that man is sinful, but may contribute to its salvation, and the man for his freedom accepts the love of God or choose to live according to other criteria.
What is predestination? God chose us before creation, chose us all, but the way each of us has a different path. All are called to salvation, to holiness.
God is like a sailor ... every time we miss a turn, he draws on the ...
conclusion, the faith is so accepting of being loved by God, knowing what it entails. The freedom lies in this: we can choose whether or not leave to love.
(Report by Serena Capodicasa on the meeting held by Don Piero Ciardella)
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