Bread and wine, for example, become the Body and Blood of Christ, just as baptismal water effects or actualizes the new life of sanctifying grace in the believer. (firstthings.com)
If and when actual grace is given, it should lead to contrition, repentance, and a life lived in conformity to Christ — a life infused with agape, lived in sanctifying grace. (firstthings.com)
But the Catholic faith teaches that God gives actual grace, not sanctifying grace, to those in mortal sin. (firstthings.com)