Quotes about Grace
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.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
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.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Faith presupposes natural knowledge, even as grace presupposes nature, and perfection supposes something that can be perfected.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
But this name of 'Holy Ghost' [*It should be borne in mind that the word "ghost" is the old English equivalent for the Latin "spiritus," whether in the sense of "breath" or "blast," or in the sense of "spirit," as an immaterial substance.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
It is the Lord's Day, and I do believe that cheerful hearts and faces are not unpleasant in His sight.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.
— Tullian Tchividjian
The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.
— Gordon Hinckley