Sentences with phrase «great gift of grace»

What is in my heart has been given to me as a great gift of Grace.

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Having shared the great grace of baptism and having been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth of Christian vocation as given by St. Paul: «Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.

Today, in the center of this great Chamber lies Billy Graham — an Ambassador for Christ who reminded the world of the power of prayer and the gift of God's grace.

But there are dangers in concentrating on the emotional, the ecstatic, and on extraordinary spiritual gifts and manifestations, especially if they are held to be greater signs of grace than the true highest gifts of the Spirit which are simple faith, hope and above all charity.

Something of the difference may be seen in the caricature that Holiness churches emphasize the «graces» or «fruits» of the Spirit while Pentecostal churches place greater weight on the «gifts» of the Spirit, especially «divine healing» and glossolalia.

Prayer has its great end when it lifts us to be more conscious and more sure of the gift than the need, of the grace than the sin.

For the ordinary Catholic, grand artistic, literary, scientific or political achievements may be beyond their realm, that is, the graced imagination and its effects may not have the same degree of influence as with someone who has great natural gifts in sculpture or musical composition.

One of the greatest gifts we have given each other is the room and the grace to change and to grow.

Baptism is the most important event in any Christian's life, a gift from God, a moment of great grace.

I also affirm that from this radical gift of self, second only to the gift of martyrdom, greater graces flow than from lesser sacrifices, because God can not be outdone in generosity.

The great gift of the Sabbath is to legitimately forget for one day the pressures of this world, and to revel in God's grace spending extra time with Him, with family, and with friends.