Quotes About Grace

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

Saint Paul (whom I had thought of as the first Luther) taught in Romans, Galatians and elsewhere that justification was more than a legal decree; it established us in Christ as God's children by grace alone. In fact, I discovered that nowhere did Saint Paul ever teach that we were justified by faith alone! Sola fide was unscriptural!

No podemos vivir sin la misa»

Why has God done the things that he has done in history? One word: Love.

La esperanza no se basa principalmente en la gracia ya recibida, sino en la omnipotencia y misericordia de Dios… Todo el que tiene fe tiene la certeza de que Dios es omnipotente y misericordioso

When one is tricked into accepting a favor, it feels like a trick, not a favor.

Nature, at least, didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.

The lion's fierceness, Mild hart's swiftness, Italian fieriness, Northern steadiness.

Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast.

Si notre coeur était toujours ouvert au bien que Dieu nous envoie chaque jour, nous aurions alors assez de force pour supporter le mal quand il se présente.

Action has magic, grace, and power in it.

On my strand, lovely flowers their blossoms unfold, My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold.

Verweile doch! Du bist so Schön!

Si a un instante le digo alguna vez: -Detente, eres tan bello-, puedes atarme entonces con cadenas y acepto hundirme entonces de buen grado; puede doblar entonces la campana, y libre quedarás de mi servicio: ¡párese allí el reloj con sus agujas! ¡Puede acabar el tiempo para mí!

La fantasia è un dono di Dio, dissi, perchè ho potuto credere, per un momento, che quelle parole fossero dirette a me.

Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.