38 PCN Spirituality (Doctrinal Justification[s] alternative)

Hope for Miracle:

All humans are subjects to the laws of nature by the virtue of God’s sovereign rule issued for people; although God is not bound by the laws of nature, humans are; it is appropriate to accept a miracle when granted by God, but it is not appropriate to expect it, as this would imply that God follows human rules and not his sovereign design

One Shall Not Give Up On The God Of Faith:

Continuing with the aggressive treatment no longer constitutes awaiting for God’s will to manifest itself in a miracle; rather it is interfering with God’s plan made evident in the abundantly given due time; withholding treatment amounts to acceptance of God’s plan

Life Must Be Preserved At All Costs:

Life given by God is a supreme gift; yet life artificially maintained by a machine is not; the abundant gift of life includes a promise of presence, personhood,, and participation in the divine vision; the technology-dependent support of vegetative function discounts the true gift of life

Suffering Is Redemption:

One needs capacities of personhood and free choice in order to elect participation in a redemptive and transformative suffering; when such a choice is made to and not for a person, suffering becomes an end in itself

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