Sunday, February 3, 2013
424. What other kinds of grace are there? (part 2 continuation)
(Comp 424 repetition) Besides habitual
grace, there are actual graces (gifts for specific circumstances), sacramental
graces (gifts proper to each sacrament), special graces or charisms (gifts that
are intended for the common good of the Church) among which are the graces of
state that accompany the exercise of ecclesial ministries and the
responsibilities of life.
“In brief”
(CCC 2024) Sanctifying grace makes us "pleasing to
God." Charisms, special graces of the Holy Spirit, are oriented to
sanctifying grace and are intended for the common good of the Church. God also
acts through many actual graces, to be distinguished from habitual grace which
is permanent in us.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2000) Sanctifying grace is an habitual gift, a stable
and supernatural disposition that perfects the soul itself to enable it to live
with God, to act by his love. Habitual
grace, the permanent disposition to live and act in keeping with God's
call, is distinguished from actual graces
which refer to God's interventions, whether at the beginning of conversion or
in the course of the work of sanctification.
Reflection
(CCC 2004) Among the special graces ought to be mentioned
the graces of state that accompany
the exercise of the responsibilities of the Christian life and of the
ministries within the Church: Having gifts that differ according to the grace
given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if
service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in
his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with
zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness (Rom 12:6-8). [END]
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