Penitencia y gracia en Blaise Pascal.

The article titled "Penitence and Grace in Blaise Pascal" discusses Pascal's understanding of charity and its relationship with the Eucharist. Pascal desired to receive communion in his last days, but the doctors did not consider him to be in danger of death. As compensation, Pascal asked that a needy person be taken care of in his home or be moved to a hospital. Pascal saw charity as a way to supplement communion. The article also mentions Pascal's involvement in the penitential controversy of the 17th century and the indulgent attitude of Jesuit confessors. Pascal also engaged in a controversy against the Jesuits and defended the Augustinian theory of grace, which emphasizes the disproportion between man and God. Pascal approaches devotion and spiritual consolation, housing God's grace in the heart instead of the intellect. Pascal believes that God's love is revealed in dazzling flashes in a night of fire and that the heart has its own reasons that reason does not understand. The text speaks about the relationship between faith and reason in religion, and how Blaise Pascal was never convinced by the God of philosophers. Pascal believed that God cannot be derived from nature or the creature, and that faith is necessary to understand the mysteries of the Trinity and the incarnation of God. It is also mentioned that God hides to be found only in love, and that Jesus Christ is the transformative value of lowliness. The text concludes by discussing Pascal's last days and his love for poverty. [Extracted from the article]