Quotes about Grace

The resolve of the just depends upon the grace of God, not on their own wisdom; in Him they trust, whatever they undertake. For man proposes, but God disposes; it is not for man to choose his lot.

All of us are weak and frail; hold thou no man more frail than thyself.

Although I know nothing against myself, yet I am not hereby justified,(4) because if Thy mercy were removed away, in Thy sight should no man living be justified.(5)

Whereupon then can I hope, or wherein may I trust, save only in the great mercy of God, and the hope of heavenly grace? For whether good men are with me, godly brethren or faithful friends, whether holy books or beautiful discourses, whether sweet hymns and songs, all these help but little, and have but little savour when I am deserted by God's favour and left to mine own poverty. There is no better remedy, then, than patience and denial of self, and an abiding in the will of God.

Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.

The proper task of the Savior is that he is a savior; indeed, for this he came into the world: to seek and save what was lost.

Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.

Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.

It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

Faith presupposes natural knowledge, even as grace presupposes nature, and perfection supposes something that can be perfected.