Quotes About Grace

We cannot stand long in the majesty of God, with all his vast glory shining upon us, without realizing our abject need of deep repentance.

The righteous man will never understand the grace of his forgiveness; the sinner will never quite get over the immeasurable grace of forgiveness.

What gentle, loving, and patient creatures we ought to be, when we fully realize what grace does for us.

death is the enemy; indeed, it is the "last enemy," says 1 Corinthians 15:26. When the psalmist, then, prays for deliverance from death, he is talking about a great deal more than a physical phenomenon. Death is the "last enemy," the physical symbol of our sinful alienation from God: "For in death there is no memory of You; in the grave, who will give You thanks?" Sin

Don't force things, but this doesn't mean that you can't make a real effort.

Baptism is the sacramental doorway into the Church established by Jesus Christ. It removes our innate condition of original sin, washes away all actual sin and their effects, infuses sanctifying grace, illuminates with God's own presence, and incorporates the one baptized into the Body of Christ.

Sanctifying grace is internal to the soul; it's inside you and "inheres" in the soul in a way analogous to how blood is inside the body and inheres in every part of it, vivifying all the members down to the smallest cell. Sanctifying

Grant, O Lord, that none may love Thee less this day because of me; that never a word or act of mine may turn one soul from Thee; and, ever daring, yet one more grace would I implore: that many souls this day, because of me, may love Thee more. Amen.42

IN GOD'S PRESENCE, CONSIDER … Do I trust in God my loving Father or in my own puny efforts to "control" the circumstances of my life? Do I worry so much that I have become a person "of little faith?" CLOSING PRAYER Lord, I know that you love me. Please grant me the graces I need each day to have faith and confidence in your loving providence, come what may. Jesus, I trust in you.

Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." John 3:3

And love and care have all kinds of different faces, and within them, there's room for understanding, and for forgiveness, and for more.

I hold onto her and I think about redempshun.

Salvation is as easy as chicken wings, I guess.

None of us, not any one of us, wants to be defined by the worst day or the worst hour or the worst moment of our lives.

I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.

Daisies, simple and sweet. Daisies are the way to win my heart.

You did not want things for yourself. That made you small. That kept you safe. That meant you could move smoothly through the world without upsetting every applecart you came across. And if you were careful, if you were a proper part of things, then you could help. You mended what was cracked. You tended to the things you found askew. And you trusted that the world in turn would brush you up against the chance to eat. It was the only graceful way to move. All else was vanity and pride.

You wouldn't think a girl in bandages with a blackened eye could be beautiful, but Denna was. Lovely as the moon: not flawless, perhaps, but perfect.

Beyond all other trees," she said with a curl of a smile on her elegant mouth, "the willow moves to the wind's desire.

La gentileza es el lujo de los sabios.

Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do.

You remind me of a willow." She said easily. "Strong, deep-rooted, and hidden. You move easily when the storm comes, but never farther than you wish.

Off to one side his fine white teacup waited for him with a patience Aria envied

She took another step. The simple motion of her moving leg was like a dance, the unexaggerated shifting of her hip entrancing as a fire. The arch of her bare foot said more of sex than anything I'd seen in my young life.