Quotes about Grace

Nature, then, is incapable of conceiving what lies above nature. As a consequence, no creature can achieve divinization for itself naturally, simply because it cannot grasp God. It belongs wholly to God's grace to distribute divinization by grace, according to the measure of each being, to enlighten nature with supernatural light and to lift it above its own limitations by the superabundance of glory.

They try to reveal revelation to themselves. For the grace of the Holy Spirit never destroys the capabilities of nature. Just the opposite: it makes nature, which has been weakened by unnatural habit, mature and strong enough once again to function in a natural way and leads it upward toward insight into the divine.

We do not build the kingdom of God on earth by our own efforts (however assisted by grace); the most we can do through genuine prayer, is to make as much room as possible, in ourselves and in the world, for the kingdom of God, so that its energies can go to work. All that we can show our contemporaries of the reality of God springs from contemplation: Jesus Christ, the Church, our own selves.

Mary thus learns that the Most High has ever borne a Son in his bosom, and that this Son has now chosen her bosom as dwelling-place.

God is not, in the first place, 'absolute power', but 'absolute love'.

God is a God I can believe in.

when you are able to forgive yourself and to forgive people around you for not being perfect, I will recognize you as My child.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

All we needed when we first came to Jesus was his grace, and grace is all we need to grow in Christ. Grace liberates us. Our tendency toward performance imprisons us.

It's hard to think seriously about grace until you understand that you've failed morally and will someday stand accountable before a holy God.

The cake had been done by a lady friend of Mary's. It was simpler than it would have been had she been given more time; but I was finding more and more beauty in simplicity.

He answers my prayers." "Ya mean by givin' ya whatever ya ask fer?" Clark thought a minute, then shook his head. "No, not thet. Oft times He jest helps me to git by without what I asked fer.