Br. Cyril Stola, O.P., on the Good News of Divine Wrath

"Divine wrath is good news. The Gospel is good news, after all, and the Gospel declares divine wrath over and over again. Indeed, the Gospel of Matthew records five long teaching discourses of Jesus, and at the end of each of them, Jesus speaks of the righteous earning an eternal reward and the wicked going off to eternal punishment (see Matt 7:15-29, 10:37-39, 13:44-50, 18:21-35, and 25:31-46). Jesus frequently disputes with Pharisees, Sadducees, chief priests, and scribes, and he does not shy from showing anger at their deeds: 'You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?' (Matt 23:33). Jesus further reveals that he will personally come again to judge the living and the dead, promising that he will send 'those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation' (John 5:29)."

In a recent commentary, Brother Cyril Stola, O.P., reflected on divine wrath restores the order of justice and serves as a medicine for "the greatest spiritual sickness: sin."

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