The new normal is to be sub-human. Someone said to me recently that it was "human" to sin. No, it is human to want to be with God. We were created to desire God. We were, as the Baltimore Catechism states created for a reason.
From the Baltimore Catechism Number One:
6. Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world,
and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.
Now, Christ redeemed us through His Passion and Death. He showed us the way and gave us hope to achieve happiness in heaven through the Resurrection, the sign of His Victory over sin and death.
It is normal and human to want to be happy and to be good. To want to be evil is sub-human. The capital sins turn us into sub-humans. Virtues and a life without sin make us fully human.
It is sub-human to choose evil over and over. It is slavery not the freedom of the sons and daughters of God
Here is a little review of truths:
40. Q. Were Adam and Eve innocent and holy when they came from the hand
of God?
A. Adam and Eve were innocent and holy when they came from the hand of God.
43. Q. Did Adam and Eve remain faithful to God?
A. Adam and Eve did not remain faithful to God; but broke His command by
eating the forbidden fruit.
44. Q. What befell Adam and Eve on account of their sin?
A. Adam and Eve on account of their sin lost innocence and holiness, and
were doomed to misery and death.
45. Q. What evil befell us through the disobedience of our first parents?
A. Through the disobedience of our first parents we all inherit their sin
and punishment, as we should have shared in their happiness if they had remained
faithful.
47. Q. What is the sin called which we inherit from our first parents?
A. The sin which we inherit from our first parents is called original sin.
50. Q. Was any one ever preserved from original sin?
A. The Blessed Virgin Mary, through the merit of her Divine Son, was preserved
free from the guilt of original sin, and this privilege is called her Immaculate
Conception.
