CCC 1037: God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance":
Father, accept this offering from your whole family. Grant us your peace in this life, save us from final damnation, and count us among those you have chosen.
- Catechism: Hell as a free choice
- Catechism: Hell as the consequence of the continual rejection of God
- Catechism: Beatitude, free gift of God
- Catechism: Faith as man’s free response
- Catechism: Turning away from evil
- Catechism: Hell as man’s self-exclusion
- Catechism: Grace of Baptism as a grace of free election
- Catechism: Free Union Marriage
- Catechism: Free decision of the citizens
- Catechism: Free union and concubinage
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Catechism of the Catholic Church: text - IntraText CT. (2012). Retrieved January 7th, 2012, from: http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM