Every human being is called to receive a gift of divine and to become a child of God by grace. However, to receive this gift, we must reject sin. There are two primary categories of grace; Actual grace and Sanctifying grace.

We might have the impression that 'Sanctifying grace' is nearly identical to 'Actual grace.' Not so.

Sanctifying grace stays in the soul. It's what makes the soul holy, it gives the soul supernatural life. More properly, it is supernatural life.

Actual grace, by contrast, is a supernatural push or encouragement. It's transient. It doesn't live in the soul, but acts on the soul from outside, so to speak. It's supernatural kick in the pants. It gets the will and intellect moving so we can seek out and keep Sanctifying grace.

To regain supernatural life, you have to receive actual graces from God. Think of these as helping graces. Such graces differ from the Sanctifying grace in that they aren't quality of the soul and don't abide in it.

Rather, Actual graces enable the soul to perform some supernatural act, such as an act of faith or repentance. If the soul responds to the Actual grace and makes the appropriate supernatural act, it again receives proper natural life.

Sanctifying grace implies a real transformation of the soul. Our souls don't become something other than souls when God cleanses them and pours his grace into them. They don't cease to be what they were before when grace elevates nature, our wills are given the new powers of faith something they don't have at the merely natural level. Our wills are given new powers of hope and charity, things also absent at the merely natural level.

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Wishing you, 'Happy Reading', and may God, the Father, the Son of the living God, Jesus Christ, fills your heart, mind, thoughts, and grants you: The Holy Spirit, that is, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Counsel, Piety, Fortitude, Fear of the Lord, and also His fruits of the Holy Spirit, that is, Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Trustfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Amen! God blessing be upon you!

Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord" and not do what I say?' "Everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and acts on them - I will show you what he/she is like. He/She is like a man/woman who when he/she built his/her house dug, deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built. But the one who listens and does nothing is like the man/woman who built his/her house on soil, with no foundations: as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!" - Luke 6:46-49 - 

If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ Jesus, who is the head by whom the whole body is fitted and joined together, every joint adding its own strength, for each separate part to work according to it function. So the body grows until it has built itself up, in love." - Ephesians 4:15-16 - 

I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now. But when the spirit of truth comes, he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking as from himself, but will say only what he has learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come. He/She will glorify me, since all he/she tells you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: all he/she tells you will be taken from what is mine." - John 16:12-15 -

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