DRE, Ibadan Archdiocese

Faith series, Episode 135

 

 

       Q1. What is Grace?

Grace is God’s favour, the free and undeserved help that adopts us into the Divine Family making us heirs to heaven and enabling us to live as children of the Father. Grace can also be conceived as the free and undeserved gift of God’s loving and active presence in the universe and in our lives

     

       Q2. How are we to perceive or conceive Grace?

We are to conceive grace as a supernatural gift of God beyond human effort and totally dependent on God’s gracious love for us.

 

Q3. What is deifying Grace or Sanctifying Grace?

It is called deifying or sanctifying Grace

 

Q4.  Why is it called deifying or sanctifying Grace?

Because it makes us Holy and sanctifies us

 

Q5. What is Habitual Grace?

Habitual Grace is a permanent disposition to live Godly lives.

     

        Q6. What is Actual Grace?

Actual grace are God’s special helps for us to turn from sin and follow the Christian vocation once we have been converted.

 

Q7.  What are we to do to obtain Grace?

Grace requires of us free response to God’s invitation, God never forces Grace on us, though he plants in our hearts a burning desire to know the truth and to do good.