Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 341- Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) No. No man
can gain heaven merely by his own efforts. The fact that we are saved is God’s
grace, pure and simple, which nevertheless demands the free cooperation of the
individual.
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 2008) The merit of man before God in
the Christian life arises from the fact that God has freely chosen to associate man with the work of his grace.
The fatherly action of God is first on his own initiative, and then follows
man's free acting through his collaboration, so that the merit of good works is
to be attributed in the first place to the grace of God, then to the faithful.
Man's merit, moreover, itself is due to God, for his good actions proceed in
Christ, from the predispositions and assistance given by the Holy Spirit.
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) Although it
is grace and faith through which we are saved, nevertheless, our good works
ought to show the love produced by God’s action in us.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 2028) "All Christians… are called
to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity" (LG 40
§ 2). "Christian perfection has but one limit, that of having none"
(St. Gregory of Nyssa, De vita Mos.:
PG 44, 300D).
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