Does God hear the prayers of Sinners?
In the sinner, two things are to be considered: his nature which God loves, and the sin which He hates.
Accordingly, when a sinner prays for something as sinner, i.e. in accordance with a sinful desire, God hears him not through mercy but sometimes through vengeance when He allows the sinner to fall yet deeper into sin. For God refuses in mercy what He grants in anger.
On the other hand God hears the sinner's prayer if it proceeds from a good natural desire, not out of justice, because the sinner does not merit to be heard, but out of pure mercy, provided however that he beseech for himself things necessary for salvation, piously and perseveringly.
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