God does not just look on as man gradually destroys himself and the world around him through the chain of reaction of sin. He sends us Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer, who snatches us from the power of sin. [410-412, 420-421]
“No one can help me” – this maxim of human experience is no longer accurate. Wherever man may have strayed by his sins, God the Father has sent his Son there. The consequence of sin is death. (Roman 6:23) Another consequence of sin, however, is the marvelous solidarity of God, who sends us Jesus as our friend and Savior. Therefore original sin is also called felix culpa. “O happy fault, which gained for us so great a redeemer!” (Liturgy of the Easter Vigil)
