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GRACE WORKS

3/17/2016

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Christ of the Cornfield, Frank Dicksee
"You are a child of grace. If God gave you grace, because he gave it freely, then you should love freely. Do not love God for the sake of a reward; let God be your reward!" - St. Augustine

Read:
Ephesians 2:1-10
Psalm 86
John 1:14-17

Study:
1) Handouts:
Grace; Grace and Conversion; Justification; Once Saved, Always Saved?

2) 3MC:
34 – What is Grace?

3) CCC 617, 654, 1266, 1129, 1742, 1810-1811, 1972, 1987-2016 (YOUCAT 337-342)

Meditate:
In what ways has God given me help up to this point in my life? In what ways can I expect God to help me now and in the future? If God's grace is unmerited favor: How then can I prepare for it, how can I apply it in my life, why does God allow me to cooperate with it, and why does God reward me for cooperating with His grace? What does it mean to be saved and how was my salvation accomplished? How does faith play a role in my salvation? Is conversion a one time event or a process that lasts a lifetime? If so, how can I cooperate with God to become more and more the person he calls me to be?

Pray:
Oh my God, You know my weakness and failings, and that without Your help I can accomplish nothing for the good of souls, my own and others’. Grant me, therefore, the help of Your grace. Grant it according to my particular needs this day. Enable me to see the task You will set before me in the daily routine of my life, and help me to work hard at my appointed tasks. Teach me to bear patiently all the trials of suffering or failure that may come to me today. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Augustine

Apply:
Do I thank God for His grace in my life? Do I humbly ask for His grace when needed? Am I responsible with the grace He has given me?

Extra:

Justification: Process or One-Time Deal?
Reward and Merit

Assurance of Salvation?
What Does it Mean to Merit Salvation?
Bishop Robert Baron on the Parable of the Talents
Bishop Robert Baron on Nature and Grace
Bishop Robert Baron on What Faith Is and What Faith Isn't
Bishop Robert Baron on The Council of Trent

He who endures to the end will be saved.
(Matthew 24:13)

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    This forum is for participants of St. Mary's Living The Faith Series and RCIA.

    Resources used for this forum include:

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    Conformed To Christ
    Divine Intimacy
    Effective Signs
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    Food For The Journey
    Fruitful Love
    God Is Love
    God Is One
    Go Forth You Are Sent
    Grace Works
    In The End
    Into The Wilderness
    Mercy And Justice
    Our Divine Physician
    Our Wounded Nature
    Real Presence
    The City Of God
    The Joy Of Being
    The Keys Of The Kingdom
    The New Adam
    The New Eve
    The Way To Happiness
    To Be Human
    To Know God
    To Love God
    To Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
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    AUTHOR:
    Caleb Payne

    Caleb began his journey with Christ in 1997. He worked as a Protestant missionary for 8 years in China. It was soon after that he was challenged to consider the Catholic Church. After much prayer and study, he realized he had nothing to protest anymore and was received into full communion with Christ and His Church at the Easter Vigil Mass of 2011. For him the joy and peace that comes with receiving Christ in the Eucharist has turned into an insatiable desire to lead others to this same banquet. Caleb is first a husband, a father of three, and works in the Cortland area as a Registered Nurse. Caleb is a member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, and is an Evangelist for Saint Paul Street Evangelization. He has Certifications in Thomistic/Catholic Philosophy, Catholic Theology, and Catholic Apologetics through the New Saint Thomas Institute. He is also currently in the Formation for Ministry Program of the Syracuse Diocese. 
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