Salvation can involve putting someone or something to safety.
Salvation is a term in our language that has its etymological origin in the Latin word salvatĭo. It is about the act and the result of saving or being saved . This verb, for its part, refers to placing something or someone safe ; to avoid a risk; to exclude one thing from what is done with another; or, on the level of religion , to access divine glory .
For example: "With the victory of Deportivo San Lucas, the salvation of the local team will no longer be possible: next year, they will have to play in the Second Division" , "The firefighters worked all night to save the building" , "You should change your way of life if you aspire to the salvation of your soul."
What is salvation
Salvation can be associated with escaping danger , whether real or symbolic. When a person manages to rescue a child who is trapped in the middle of a flood, this action will constitute the salvation of the minor.
On the other hand, if a tennis player is losing a match that was suspended due to rain and then, after the restart, manages to turn the match around, it could be said that the interruption of the match was his salvation.
In Catholicism, salvation is associated with the liberation of the soul thanks to divine intervention.
The term in Catholicism
In a religious context, salvation is linked to freeing the soul from an eventual perpetual punishment that would come after death. For Catholicism, salvation consists of freedom from sin to achieve eternal life with God .
Generally, salvation is associated with accessing the Kingdom of Heaven , something that involves avoiding Hell . It is normal for religious people to wonder what they should do to access salvation, especially when they discover within themselves their love for God and feel a genuine need to be by his side when their time on Earth ends.
It all began in the Garden of Eden , when Adam and Eve did not listen to God's orders. In this way, they lost the right to feed on the tree of life , thanks to which they could have lived eternally. God expelled them from Eden, annulling the possibility of having the relationship he desired with his children, since having fallen into sin made them impure and unworthy of being in his presence.
When human beings distance themselves from God, they create their own rules, erect their own structures and follow generally materialistic plans. However, since God created him to live in communion with him, man cannot escape the need to return to his side; A dissatisfaction accompanies him within him and he can only satisfy it if he approaches his Father again.
The search for salvation
Priests often encounter the following question from the faithful: what are the steps I must follow to achieve salvation? As expected, there is no instruction manual that we can follow infallibly so that God receives us at his side. First of all, it is necessary to understand that this is a path that we must follow throughout our lives , and not a mission that we can solve in a few hours or a couple of days before our death .
This does not mean that God has not left and does not continue to leave clues, messages that help us understand his will, what he wants us to do with the opportunities he gave us by allowing us to be born on Earth. First is the Bible , where a large number of stories told by Jesus himself are presented, from which we can learn to become good people. On the other hand, there are also the seven sacraments , including confession, which give us the possibility of directing our lives towards the Kingdom of Heaven.