Grace

1. Definitions
1. "...grace: it is a sharing in divine life." The Mass, page 159
2. "Grace is a created gift of love." Theology for Beginners, page 40
2. Grace is not irresistible (12/3/12)
1. "Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it." -Archbishop Fulton Sheen, (Preface to Religion (11/17/12)
2. We must chose to respond to God's free gift of grace for it to have any effect on us. If we ignore God's grace and do not respond to it than it will not have any effect on us. The Bible says "a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone." (12/3/12)
3. “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you." -Acts 7:51 New King James Version (NKJV) (12/3/12)
3. Offered to all (12/3/12)
1. "For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people." -Titus 2:11 New International Version (NIV) (12/3/12)
4. "A common misunderstanding of grace is that it exist as an exemption from the law or allows us to bypass law – however, in actuality grace elevates the individual in order that he or she might live according to the law. " (Saint Peter's List, 3/17/12)
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