A Catholic Perspective on Predestination A Catholic Perspective on Predestination by Rev. Paul Walsh, CSB The important first step with any theological position or term is to understand what question or set of questions it is a part of.
Predestination has to do with questions regarding salvation.
This is not a simple question to answer. However, in it's most general perspective we can say we are saved by the grace of God. But predestination involves more than simply God's choosing us. It also involves the movements of God's grace, which move us to seek God and to find him in faith, in baptism and in the sacramental life of the church. This predestination also involves grace to help us to persevere until the end, providing us with the opportunities and the means to repent and return should we sin and fall away from God.