BUT IS GUILTY OF AN EVERLASTING SIN

Gn 3,9-15; Ps 129; 2 Cor 4,13-5,1; Mk 3,20-35
10 JUNE
Even to evil the Lord has placed the limit that cannot be crossed. Whoever goes beyond this limit let him know that even if he is on earth, he is already in eternal damnation. From this exceeded limit there is no return. It is like a man that falls from a cliff on sharp rocks. For him there is no return to life. You fall, you die.

Announce this to the house of Jacob, proclaim it in Judah: Pay attention to this, foolish and senseless people Who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not. Should you not fear me, says the Lord, should you not tremble before me? I made the sandy shore the sea’s limit, which by eternal decree it may not overstep. Toss though it may, it is to no avail; though its billows roar, they cannot pass. But this people’s heart is stubborn and rebellious; they turn and go away, And say not in their hearts, “Let us fear the Lord, our God, Who gives us rain early and late, in its time; Who watches for us over the appointed weeks of harvest.” Your crimes have prevented these things, your sins have turned back these blessings from you. For there are among my people criminals; like fowlers they set traps, but it is men they catch. Their houses are as full of treachery as a bird-cage is of birds; Therefore they grow powerful and rich, fat and sleek. They go their wicked way; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the fatherless or judging the cause of the poor. Shall I not punish these things? says the Lord; on a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance? A shocking, horrible thing has happened in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach as they wish; Yet my people will have it so; what will you do when the end comes? (Jer 5,20-31).

The sin against the Holy Spirit – Contesting the known truth, envy of the grace of others, the presumption of salvation without merit, obstinacy in sins, despair of health and final impenitence – is a hostile act, combat, rejection, obstinacy, presumption and will of man aimed at subverting the laws of salvation that God has given us in Christ Jesus. Today we can add a seventh sin against the Holy Spirit: the satanic will of man to destroy and subvert the laws set by God to guard the truth of human nature, which manifests itself as a hatred of all the manifested, revealed and participated will of God. Whoever crosses these limits is without return.

He came home. Again (the) crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him. But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.” His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent word to him and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers (and your sisters) are outside asking for you.” But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and (my) brothers?” And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. (For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

By attributing the saving and redeeming power of Christ Jesus to Beelzebùl, the scribes have only one purpose: destroying Christ as the true Saviour and Redeemer of man. The limits of evil are abundantly overcome. Having destroyed Christ in the mind and in the heart of man, He remains without salvation. He is condemned to live in the corruption of sin. Who condemns a man to eternal perdition, he is already in eternal perdition. The will to impede that one goes to Christ is always a sin with no return.

Mother without sin, Angels and Saints ensure us that we never fall into this sin.