hierarchy of angels

 

https://www.hierarchystructure.com/hierarchy-of-angels-catholic-church/

who is the holy spirit?

 Source: Junie Densing, 10/22/2022). SVD Forum FB Messenger

"GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT enables MAN to grow, to reproduce, to move, to speak, to see, to hear, to taste, to smell, to feel, to know, to understand, to think, to remember, to imagine, to analyze, to determine what is good and bad, and to make free decisions."

kinds of grace

source: Fr John Hardon. Modern Catholic Dictionary. Eternal Life., https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36691&randomterm=false

1. actual grace = temporary (transient divine assistance) supernatural intervention by God to enlighten the MIND or strengthen the WILL to perform supernatural action that leads to heaven

2. efficacious grace = the actual grace to which free consent is given by the will so that the grace produces its divinely intended effect; (cause: grace itself c/o Banez, OP et al. vs. personal disposition c/o Molina, SJ et al. -- in both, efficacious grace doe snot necessitate the WILL nor destroy human FREEDOM)

3. gratuitous grace (gratia gratis data = grace freely given) = the free gift conferred on particular persons for the salvation of OTHERS; independent of the personal moral life or behavior of its possessor; e.g. CHARISMATA (prophecy, gift of miracles, gift of tongues), priestly power of CONSECRATION & ABSOLUTION, hierarchical power of jurisdiction

4. habitual grace = constant supernatural quality of the soul which sanctifies a person inherently and makes him/her just & pleasing to God; aka "SANCTIFYING GRACE" or "JUSTIFYING GRACE"

5. justifying grace = grace by which a person is restored to God's friendship, either for the first time, as in baptism, or after baptism, as in the sacrament of penance

6. sacramental grace = the grace conferred by the valid & fruitful reception of the sacraments

a. sanctifying grace -- baptism, penance, anointing of the sick when needed

b. sanctifying grace is ALWAYS increased when a SACRAMENT is received in the state of grace

d. actual grace is given by ALL the SACRAMENTS, either actually at the time of reception or also by title as a person needs divine help

e. the SACRAMENTAL CHARACTER is INDELIBLY IMPRINTED on the SOUL in baptism, confirmation, & the priesthood

7. sanating grace = divine grace in its function of healing [from Latin: sanare = heal] the ravages of sin, original & persona, in human nature, affecting both the MIND and the WILL

>Grace heals the WILL by giving strength to DESIRE and ACCEPTANCE the known WILL OF GOD, & JOY in its performance.

8. sanctifying grace = the supernatural state of being infused by God, which permanently inheres in the soul; the VITAL PRINCIPLE of the supernatural life, as the rational soul is the vital principle of a human being's natural life

NB: differential definition -- Charity belongs to the WILL, whereas sanctifying grace belongs to the WHOLE soul, mind, will, & affections.

:sanctifying = makes HOLY those who possess the gift by giving them a PARTICIPATION in the DIVINE LIFE

9. sufficient grace = actual grace considered apart from the supernatural effect for which it was bestowed; the grace that does NOT meet with any co-operation on the part of the human recipient, or the grace that gives one the POWER to accomplish a salutary ACTION

 

 

the one true church (principle of centrality -- my own :-)

 From: Fr. Alan Meechan, SVD (2021 The Word in other words: Bible diary 2022) Feb 11, 2022 Friday in the 5th week in Ordinary Time [headings & caps mine]

A. Protestantism

"When I was a child in Scotland, I once asked my father: 'Why do the Protestants often say bad things about Catholics and hurt us so much? Our Church was there first. They got the bible from us, as well as their religion, but they changed them because there were certain bits they didn't like? My father answered my rather simplistic question: 'They would say that they broke away and became the real Church.'

"I did not understand them that they were and still are DIVINDING into subgroups and cannot possibly be seen as ONE Church....

B. Catholicism

"Sadly, the MORAL LAXITY, ARROGANCE, and INFLEXIBILITY of our own leaders at that time were largely the cause of the Protestant reformation. Even today we are confronted with our own SINFULNESS, and the sexual and financial scandals within the Church. We all echo St. Paul's lament: 'For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.'

C. Solution

"Yet, in spite of all our failings, God is always ready to forgive and bring the Church back to the right way. We pray from Psalm 130 'If you, Lord, mark our sins, Lord who shall stand? But with you is FORGIVENESS, and so you are revered.' We also count on Christ's promise at the end of the Gospel of Matthew: 'And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.'

"As in today's Gospel, Christ is the HOPE of all who follow him in whichever way: The Church, the continuance of his mission in the world, has to be the CENTER, around which one day ALL must be brought together."