Results for

Paragraph 158

"...knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith, increasingly set afire by love. the grace of faith opens "the eyes of your hearts"[34] to a lively understanding of the contents of Revelation: that is, of the totality of God's plan and the mysteries of faith, of their..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 214

"...riches of the divine name. In all his works God displays, not only his kindness, goodness, grace and steadfast love, but also his trustworthiness, constancy, faithfulness and truth. "I give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness."[28] He is the..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 249

"...the apostolic writings, such as this salutation taken up in the Eucharistic liturgy: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."[81]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 257

"...be conformed to the image of his Son", through "the spirit of sonship".[94] This plan is a "grace [which] was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began", stemming immediately from Trinitarian love.[95] It unfolds in the work of creation, the whole history of salvation..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 265

"By the grace of Baptism "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit", we are called to share in the life of the Blessed Trinity, here on earth in the obscurity of faith, and after death in eternal light (cf. Paul VI, CPG # 9)."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 277

"...his almighty power by converting us from our sins and restoring us to his friendship by grace. "God, you show your almighty power above all in your mercy and forgiveness. . ." (Roman Missal, 26th Sunday, Opening Prayer)."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 294

"...through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace",[138] for "the glory of God is man fully alive; moreover man's life is the vision of God: if God's revelation through creation has already obtained life for all the beings that..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 308

"...vanishes."[172] Still less can a creature attain its ultimate end without the help of God's grace.[173]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 312

"...- the rejection and murder of God's only Son, caused by the sins of all men - God, by his grace that "abounded all the more",[179] brought the greatest of goods: the glorification of Christ and our redemption. But for all that, evil never becomes a good."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 313

"...sight, it shall indeed be the best."[182] Dame Julian of Norwich: "Here I was taught by the grace of God that I should steadfastly keep me in the faith... and that at the same time I should take my stand on and earnestly believe in what our Lord shewed in this time - that 'all..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 357

"...freely giving himself and entering into communion with other persons. and he is called by grace to a covenant with his Creator, to offer him a response of faith and love that no other creature can give in his stead."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 375

"...Adam and Eve, were constituted in an original "state of holiness and justice".[250] This grace of original holiness was "to share in. . .divine life".[251]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 376

"By the radiance of this grace all dimensions of man's life were confirmed. As long as he remained in the divine intimacy, man would not have to suffer or die.[252] The inner harmony of the human person, the harmony between man and woman,[253] and finally the harmony between the..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 385

"...love in Christ manifested at the same time the extent of evil and the superabundance of grace.[259] We must therefore approach the question of the origin of evil by fixing the eyes of our faith on him who alone is its conqueror.[260]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 388

"...of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.[261] We must know Christ as the source of grace in order to know Adam as the source of sin. the Spirit-Paraclete, sent by the risen Christ, came to "convict the world concerning sin",[262] by revealing him who is its Redeemer."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 399

"...the tragic consequences of this first disobedience. Adam and Eve immediately lose the grace of original holiness.[280] They become afraid of the God of whom they have conceived a distorted image - that of a God jealous of his prerogatives.[281]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 405

"...to evil that is called concupiscence". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 406

"...that man could, by the natural power of free will and without the necessary help of God's grace, lead a morally good life; he thus reduced the influence of Adam's fault to bad example. the first Protestant reformers, on the contrary, taught that original sin has radically..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 409

"...has to struggle to do what is right, and it is at great cost to himself, and aided by God's grace, that he succeeds in achieving his own inner integrity.[303]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 411

"...victory over sin: she was preserved from all stain of original sin and by a special grace of God committed no sin of any kind during her whole earthly life.[306]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 420

"...given us greater blessings than those which sin had taken from us: "where sin increased, grace abounded all the more" (Rom 5:20)."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 424

"Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'[8] On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church.[9]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 442

"...to Damascus, "When he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles..."[47] "and in the synagogues immediately [Paul] proclaimed Jesus, saying, 'He is the Son..."

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 445

"...can confess: "We have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."[58]"

View Full Paragraph →

Paragraph 493

"...of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature".[138] By the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long."

View Full Paragraph →