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Sanctifying Grace

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The grace which heals our human nature wounded by sin by giving us a share in the divine life of the Trinity. It is a habitual, supernatural gift which continues the work of sanctifying us--of making us "perfect," holy, and Christlike

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§1999 CHAPTER THREE GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE

The Grace of Christ is the gratuitous gift that God makes to us of his own life, infused by the Holy Spirit into our soul to heal it of sin and to sanctify it. It is the sanctifying or deifying Grace received in Baptism. It is in us the source of the work of sanctification: 48

Catechism of the Catholic Church © Libreria Editrice Vaticana