2011. The charity of Christ is the source in us of all our merits before God. Grace, by uniting us to Christ in active love, ensures the supernatural quality of our acts and consequently their merit before God and before men. the saints have always had a lively awareness that their merits were pure grace.
After earth’s exile, I hope to go and enjoy you in the fatherland, but I do not want to lay up merits for heaven. I want to work for your love alone…. In the evening of this life, I shall appear before you with empty hands, for I do not ask you, Lord, to count my works. All our justice is blemished in your eyes. I wish, then, to be clothed in your own justice and to receive from your love the eternal possession of yourself.63
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
558. What are the sources of Christian prayer?
469. What kind of punishment may be imposed?
166. Why is the Church called “Catholic”?
373. What does the dignity of the human person imply for the moral conscience?
544. How does Jesus teach us to pray?
20. What is the Canon of Scripture?
341. What new element did Christ give to Matrimony?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How did a woman’s faith heal her of a hemorrhage, according to Matthew 9:20-22?
What does Malachi 2:1-2 mean about the danger of falling away from God?
What is the importance of faith in the Christian life, according to the Bible?
How important is God’s love to our lives, according to 1 John 4:8?
What does the mutual admiration between loved ones mean in the book of Songs?
