AR 484 - God's Grace

AR 484 [2]

"Is it not contrary to reason to think
that God the Father turned away from
grace toward the human race
and rejected mankind?
Is not Divine grace an attribute
of the Divine essence?
To turn away from grace, then,
would be to turn away from His own Divine essence,
and to turn away from His Divine essence
would mean He was no longer God.
Can God be estranged from Himself?
Believe me, grace on the part of God -
as it is infinite, so is it eternal.
The grace of God can be lost on mankind's part
if people do not accept it,
but never on God's part.
If grace should depart from God,
it would be all over with the whole of heaven
and with the whole human race,
to the point that people
would no longer be in the least bit human.
Therefore grace on the part of God
continues to eternity,
not only toward angels and people,
but also toward the devil himself.