教理 Doctrine

敬爱的程神父,主佑。有兩個問題請教你。第一個是主耶穌常提及相信父及子得永生,我所理解的永生是人死後,有天會藉主再次召喚而復活,以後永遠與主一起,再不會遇上死亡。為何永生那麼重要?因可以永遠與主在一起?我仍在世上,每天也與主在一起。永生是另一種方法延續生命? 第二個問題請教神父:信經說耶穌基督再來臨世上,死者與生者一同審判。古今至現在,已有許多好人聖人過了身,他們應該現在在天堂享福,應該不會仍等待基督再次來臨的審判才決定去向?如果他們已在天堂,基督再來世上的大審判,在天堂的都要再審判,對嗎? 至於天主教有的煉獄,未必是說一個地方?人在世時,種種自身或週遭的環境因素等都可以是猶如置身煉獄?如果人在世有罪,是否在煉獄修練後,洗脫罪過,那便有機會升天堂? 請神父指引及賜教。祝主恩滿溢。

敬爱的程神父,主佑。有兩個問題請教你。第一個是主耶穌常提及相信父及子得永生,我所理解的永生是人死後,有天會藉主再次召喚而復活,以後永遠與主一起,再不會遇上死亡。為何永生那麼重要?因可以永遠與主在一起?我仍在世上,每天也與主在一起。永生是另一種方法延續生命? 第二個問題請教神父:信經說耶穌基督再來臨世上,死者與生者一同審判。古今至現在,已有許多好人聖人過了身,他們應該現在在天堂享福,應該不會仍等待基督再次來臨的審判才決定去向?如果他們已在天堂,基督再來世上的大審判,在天堂的都要再審判,對嗎? 至於天主教有的煉獄,未必是說一個地方?人在世時,種種自身或週遭的環境因素等都可以是猶如置身煉獄?如果人在世有罪,是否在煉獄修練後,洗脫罪過,那便有機會升天堂? 請神父指引及賜教。祝主恩滿溢。

My catholic teaching told me that once we commit a mortal sin, we lose all the grace of God and we are not in communion with the Church or God. I fervently believe so. However, for a sinner to repent, despite the need of our free will to repent, we still need the grace of God in order to be aware of our darkness and evil and thus to seek the forgiveness of God. In a nutshell, a mortal sinner cannot repent without the grace of God while a mortal sinner is not in a state of Grace. Kind of a paradox?

My catholic teaching told me that once we commit a mortal sin, we lose all the grace of God and we are not in communion with the Church or God. I fervently believe so. However, for a sinner to repent, despite the need of our free will to repent, we still need the grace of God in order to be aware of our darkness and evil and thus to seek the forgiveness of God. In a nutshell, a mortal sinner cannot repent without the grace of God while a mortal sinner is not in a state of Grace. Kind of a paradox?