Quotes about Grace

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Thus, far from thinking that works produced by man's own talent and energy are in opposition to God's power, and that the rational creature exists as a kind of rival to the Creator, Christians are convinced that the triumphs of the human race are a sign of God's grace and the flowering of His own mysterious design.

God does not will that any of us should ever sin. Yet his will is accomplished in spite of our sins, and even through our sins.

God is the eternal Father of Jesus Christ. And God is Father of those who live in Jesus Christ, through baptism.

The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive. ~

Thus, for Aquinas, the New Law goes beyond the Sermon on the Mount and the other teachings of Jesus. It is nothing less than divine grace—divine life and power. Grace is the New Law that enables us to keep the commandments in a way that we as children of Adam couldn't on our own.

What we could never become by strength, stamina, and a will of steel—which we lack anyway—we become by the grace of God.

Sainthood does not mean sinlessness.

The Lord never gets tired of forgiving us. It is we who get tired of asking for forgiveness.

God has loved us first, and he has made us for himself. He "desires" our love, and so he leaves us free, for true love cannot be coerced.

Once we have embraced sin in this way and rejected our covenant with God, only a calamity can save us.

Our identification with Christ is a permanent thing; our communion with Christ is as constant as the state of grace in our souls. You and I are the Church; that is our