Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Habitual and Actual Faith

If you haven't already, spend this day reading pages 47-67 of Our Goal and Our Guides.This lesson is on habitual and actual faith.

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
After you read it, go on to next section:

From where does our justification come?
Our justification comes from the grace of God.

What does justification work in us?
With justification, faith, hope, and charity are poured into our hearts, and obedience to the divine will is granted us.

Can we deserve grace from God?
No; grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life.

What is grace?
Grace is a participation in the life of God.

How do we become participants in the life of God?
 By Baptism the Christian participates in the grace of Christ, the Head of his Body. As an "adopted son" he can henceforth call God "Father," in union with the only Son. He receives the life of the Spirit who breathes charity into him and who forms the Church.

What is sanctifying or habitual grace?
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.

How does habitual grace differ from actual grace?
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.

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