Father Mike Schmitz

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The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) · Day 266: The Gift of Grace (2026) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. matched
It is day two hundred and sixty six we're reading paragraphs twenty seventeen to twenty twenty nine. matched
In brief, the grace of the Holy Spirit confers upon us the righteousness of God, uniting us by faith and baptism to the passion and resurrection of Christ, the Spirit makes us sharers in his life. matched
Like conversion, justification has two aspects. matched
Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, and so accepts forgiveness and righteousness from on high. matched
Justification includes the remission of sins, sanctification, and the renewal of the inner man. matched
Justification has been merited for us by the passion of Christ. matched
It is granted us through baptism. matched
It conforms us to the righteousness of God who justifies us. matched
It has for its goal the glory of God and of Christ, and the gift of eternal life. matched
It is the most excellent work of God's mercy. matched
Grace is the help God gives us to respond to our vocation of becoming His adopted sons. matched
It introduces us into the intimacy of the Trinitarian life. matched
The divine initiative in the work of grace precedes, prepares, and elicits the free response of man. matched
Grace responds to the deepest yearnings of human freedom, calls freedom to cooperate with it, and perfects freedom. matched
Sanctifying grace is the gratuitous gift of his life that God makes to us. matched
It is infused by the Holy Spirit into the soul to heal it of sin and to sanctify it. matched
Sanctifying grace makes us pleasing to God. matched
Charisms, special graces of the Holy Spirit, are oriented to sanctifying grace and are intended for the common good of the church. matched
God also acts through many actual graces to be distinguished from habitual grace which is permanent in us. matched
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