Calamities, Chastisement, and the Love of God |
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| Author:
| Liguori, Saint Alphonsus |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5209-1060-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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"Heu! consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.""Ah, I will comfort Myself over My adversaries: and I will be revenged of My enemies." Isa. 1.24.SUCH is the language of God, when speaking of pun- ishment and vengeance: He says that he is constrainedby his justice to take vengeance on his enemies. But,mark you, he begins with the word Heu, "Ah": thisword is an exclamation of grief by which he wouldgive us to understand, that if he were capable of weepingwhen about...
More Description"Heu! consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.""Ah, I will comfort Myself over My adversaries: and I will be revenged of My enemies." Isa. 1.24.SUCH is the language of God, when speaking of pun- ishment and vengeance: He says that he is constrainedby his justice to take vengeance on his enemies. But,mark you, he begins with the word Heu, "Ah": thisword is an exclamation of grief by which he wouldgive us to understand, that if he were capable of weepingwhen about to punish, he would weep bitterly atbeing compelled to afflict us his creatures, whom he hasloved so dearly as to give up his life through love forus. "'Alas!'" says Cornelius a Lapide, "is uttered byone who is lamenting and not insulting; God signifiesby this word that he is grieving, and that he is unwillingto punish sinners."1 No, this God, who is theFather of mercies, and so much loves us, is not of a dispositionto punish and afflict, but rather to pardon andconsole us. For I know the thoughts that I think towardsyou, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction.