text: Retributive justice rests on the notion that being just is a divine attribute. It is the primary reason the State levies punishments, underpins the beliefs in heaven and hell, as well as Purgatory. Its existence is hardly questionable. In the end all justice will be accomplished.
  
  God's infinite love and mercy are exhibited by His willingness to forgive any sin, any number of sins, if we acknowledge we have sinned and seek forgiveness. That is restorative justice which puts us right back in his grace.