The Gift of Fear

Some thoughts from Douglas McManaman on "The Gift of Fear":

"But it was during these years that I began to realize just what a gift the fear of God really is, even the very rudiments of servile fear. For these kids were already involved in some of the worst crimes, and they were committed to a criminal lifestyle, but they had no fear of divine repercussion."

There is a saying in philosophy: everything is received according to the mode of the receiver. When some souls have hardened themselves completely to the call of God's love, it may be fear of His punishment that will break their hardness and form the cracks through which grace can seep.

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