http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-S6YMuFYyaa9ESBoW5DFwEjL_HhqA
2007-10-09 13:00:04 · 0 answers · asked by cristoiglesia 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sanctifying grace is that grace which makes the soul holy and pleasing to God and remains with us as long as we are not guilty of mortal sin; and hence, it is often called habitual grace; but actual grace comes to us only when we need its help in doing or avoiding an action, and it remains with us only while we are doing or avoiding the action.
2007-10-09 13:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Habitual Grace
2016-11-14 08:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds complicated. If I understand correctly, habitual grace is something we get by doing habitual things? Like daily graces, ergo, daily bread as per the "Our Father" and saying the Creed daily. I guess something we could take for granted that makes us "good" even though as per scripture, only God is good.
Whereas sanctifying grace is something earned, like a level up in a video game. It comes with growth and maturity, although not reliant upon chronological age. (Some children are indeed full of grace...."Out of the mouths of lambs" et al.)
The blog link was intensely cerebral, dude.
2007-10-09 15:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sanctiying grace is the grace that God gives us and helps us with that we always have in our soul (the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit). This is what is meant by the soul being in a state of grace. The only time we are deprived of this grace is when we are in a state of mortal sin---the Holy Spirit (God) then departs from us. Sacramental grace is the graces we receive from the Sacraments. Of course we know of receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation. When we receive the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) we also receive graces that help us be stronger in overcoming our sins. And one can only imagine the great graces we receive from the great Sacrament of Holy Communion where we receive our Lord Himself. The other Sacraments also give us many graces such as the graces we need in marriage in the Sacrament of Marriage and graces to help when we are very sick (sometimes even health) in the Sacrament of the Sick.
2016-03-15 06:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CCC 2000
2015-10-16 11:48:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No difference, since neither exists. Grace is just grace, which is unmerited, unearned, undeserved favor from Jesus Christ.
You can't buy or earn grace, according to Romans 10.
Catholics are not saved Christians.
2007-10-09 13:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by CJ 6 · 1⤊ 7⤋