Catechism of the Catholic Church
Paragraph 2005
Since it belongs to the supernatural order, grace escapes our experience and cannot be known except by faith. We cannot therefore rely on our feelings or our works to conclude that we are justified and saved. However, according to the Lord's words - "Thus you will know them by their fruits"-reflection on God's blessings in our life and in the lives of the saints offers us a guarantee that grace is at work in us and spurs us on to an ever greater faith and an attitude of trustful poverty. > A pleasing illustration of this attitude is found in the reply of St. Joan of Arc to a question posed as a trap by her ecclesiastical judges: "Asked if she knew that she was in God's grace, she replied: If I am not, may it please God to put me in it; if I am, may it please God to keep me there.'"
Biblical citations
Related passages (suggestions)
- 2 Corinthians 1:12·Bible2 Corinthians 1:12
A razão da nossa glória é esta: o testemunho da nossa consciência de que, no mundo e particularmente entre vós, temos agido com santidade e sinceridade diante de Deus, não confo…
- §40·Lumen Gentium§40
Jesus, mestre e modelo divino de toda a perfeição, pregou a santidade de vida, de que Ele é autor e consumador, a todos e a cada um dos seus discípulos, de qualquer condição: «s…
- §12·Lumen Gentium§12
O Povo santo de Deus participa também da função profética de Cristo, difundindo o seu testemunho vivo, sobretudo pela vida de fé e de caridade oferecendo a Deus o sacrifício de …