“This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.” (John 6:39)

God’s will is for us to enjoy a fulfilling, divine life. At the same time, God is not there to deprive us of our free will. Right from the beginning of the created world, humankind has been blessed:

“So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” (Genesis 1:27-28)

However, humans’ self-absorption yielded to temptation: “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:4-5)

The outcome for this is that “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.” (Genesis 3:6)

Similarly, Judas, who had been taught by Jesus for three years, betrayed the Lord for 30 pieces of silver: “… [A] crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?’” (Luke 6:47-48)

We can imagine that the deepest pain that Jesus had was the betrayal by a disciple he loved. This is certainly not God’s will.

Once, Sister Faustina saw in a vision that Jesus was hit with a belt by soldiers and later by the leaders of the church and the faithful. In today’s world, rapid deterioration of morality and surging urge for gratification are wasting the precious blood of Jesus: Is this showing God’s incompetence or the humankind’s continued refusal to make amends?