What is 'State of Grace'? How to KNOW you're in the 'State of Grace'?

What is 'State of Grace'? How to KNOW you're in the 'State of Grace'? | Ask Father

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@josephwagner3224 27 күн бұрын

Ty, Father Paul. Im praying for you!

@user-cb5hj2lc4f 4 ай бұрын

thank you...I just went to confession after 13 years I hope I can maintain this state of grace

@EricJMJ-ln9dx 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Father," if I'm not in a state of grace I pray God puts me there!"Saint Joan of Arc, I think. God bless!

@rebeccamareewalkersings 8 ай бұрын

This is brilliant. Thank you. Wish there was a ❤ button on KZfaq!

@pammiesingkho1786 8 ай бұрын

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@douglassmith7145 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Father Paul for this wonderful answer. I will be immediately getting on my knees to pray my Hail Mary to my Mother and then sincerely offering toGod my sorrow for telling 2 lies.

@GravInducedSleepTrac 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FR PAUL FOR BEING A GOOD & FAITHFUL SHEPHERD. 🙏🙏🙏

@marielivingstone5369 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Fr. Paul for this brilliant definition of "the state of grace." God Bless you.🙏🙏🙏☘️

@phillipcadrin7275 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for being clear on this point. So many priests tell us that if you are not aware of having committed mortal sin, then you are in the state of grace (assuming one is baptized, etc.) Lately I have been seeing that this is not enough because there are factors like culpable ignorance and negligence. I saw a poster on the 9 ways to participate in another person’s sin. This has provided plenty of food for thought. Here’s an example that may hit hard for many. How many people gossip? How often does this gossip involve slander and detraction? How many Catholics know that the Church teaches these are generally mortal sins except in certain circumstances? How many Catholics know that it could be just as gravely sinful to listen to these things as to speak them? If you don’t know that because you have neglected to inform yourself on Catholic teachings, whose fault is that? Ignorance does not always diminish culpability; deliberate ignorance increases culpability (CCC 1859-1860). I must admit that I have a hard time hearing the voice of conscience in the midst of social interactions, but this improves with effort. How many communities are there in which we never speak ill of others? How many things do we do or neglect to do because we are too lazy to think, or too hesitant to act? It can be very hard to judge these matters. At the same time, Fr. very rightly points out that we must decide, as best we can, whether we are in a state of grace in order to receive Communion. We must not get hung up on scruples.

@brattyyoung1917 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FATHER...GOD BLESS YOU!!!❤❤❤

@carlovincent 8 ай бұрын

Wow. Thanks for this. IMO, worth watching every now and then coz this is essential to our practice of faith.

@michellespuck67 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving a clear and understanding answer to the question of being in a state of Grace.

@dokh5684 9 ай бұрын

Fr. If I'm weak in prayer given by the church but remember God almost everytime of the day and talk to Him all the time as a friend and surrender every moment to Him to guide every steps that I take, Is that helps me to be in the state of grace .

@heidid3661 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Fr!!! I was wondering the very same thing and your answer was very clear! God bless you and protect you.

@matildlukacs1397 8 ай бұрын

Thank you father God bless you too 🙏🏻 ❤

@MARINE76911 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU Father!!! Please address scruplosity.

@karenbrooks4189 9 ай бұрын

Ohhhh I'm so grateful for this channel 🙏😁

@simondsouza6348 8 ай бұрын

THANKS FR. PAUL FOR HOMILIY OF GRACES. I'M SIMON UBAL D'SOUZA KARACHI AMEN.

@tonygville2969 8 ай бұрын

Love God, and hate sin 🙏 Dear Jesus please help me to hate sin because it hurts You 🙏 and I don't want to hurt You Anymore 🙏 VIVA CRISTO REY

@simondsouza6348 8 ай бұрын

THANKS FOR OUR LADY OF ROSARY FATIMA 'GRACE. YOUR HOMILIY. PRAY FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS CHILDREN AND RELATIVES. I'M SIMON UBAL D'SOUZA KARACHI.

@edwarda3992 8 ай бұрын

May God bless you, father.

@Miguel-lg1rq 9 ай бұрын

Excellent

@kimberlyng2199 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the practical advice

@Meraikie 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Fr Paul. God bless you🕯👐

@moniquemilne4956 8 ай бұрын

Wow! What a nugget this is. Pray for the grace to want to repent, I will pray this for all the people I pray for conversion. Thank you Father, may God bless you!

@pammiesingkho1786 8 ай бұрын

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@byrnedegrandpre8884 9 ай бұрын

Great talk Father.Thanks

@dougmoore5252 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Father, I do believe I finally in state of grace. Thank you

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

God bless you! May He preserve us from all enemies of our salvation.

@allisonb.8356 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Father.

@Saints-for-today 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Fr. Paul! Very elaborate and practical explanation of "state of grace".

@dimpleanand3291 9 ай бұрын

Thanks fr paul,for the information

@aaroni78 9 ай бұрын

Amen ❤🙌🏼

@corazonreyes6762 8 ай бұрын

Amen, Thank you Fr.Paul.

@tpor1206 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Father Paul!

@KnightGeneral 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Fr. This cleared my confusion. God bless you more

@doasdid 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the pro tip. 🤝

@Mayormyk123 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@geoffwilson9273 9 ай бұрын

Great answer!! Just wanted to maybe add that a perfect act of contrition is not sufficient to receive Holy Communion.

@geoffwilson9273 9 ай бұрын

I, like many, am tempted severely every day and if I concede to any temptation and offend God, the temptations instantly stop. It is, on one hand a terrible burden, but also nice to know we are being tested and therefore in the State of Grace.

@GovtWatchdog 9 ай бұрын

@@user-zu4ov6ph8xNo, you can be in a state of mortal sin and still be tempted by the devil. In fact that’s extremely common, especially if you have repented but have not yet received absolution via the Sacrament of Confession.

@leifnoerholm 8 ай бұрын

I know that I'm in the state of grace because God is Love. That's it! Nothing more is to be said or can be said. There are no requirements ... - God loves us all unconditionally!

@fr-pjm8882 8 ай бұрын

God loves us all and died for us. Some respond to the offer and cooperate with grace and love him in return. Others are "poor sinners".

@Lambchop317 8 ай бұрын

well, God does loves us all, but it doesn't mean we're all in the state of grace

@GovtWatchdog 9 ай бұрын

I respectfully think this needs some clarification. The Church teaches that a good act of contrition alone generally does not move one out of a state of mortal sin and into a state of grace. Without first receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation it would usually require an act of perfect contrition which is extraordinary.

@seancor9855 8 ай бұрын

Father said this exact thing. Saying the Ave, and the Act of contrition, how I heard it, was to move your heart in repentance. Repent, turn away, and go to confession. I heard it as a way of showing God, that you are Sorrowful. Like sending flowers to your beloved, before you tell her you are truly sorry. Especially if what you did affected the relationship. The difference being your relationship with your beloved might be injured permanently, even after saying sorry. But with God it’s forgiven, and the relationship is healed. That’s how I understood it.

@TDL-xg5nn 8 ай бұрын

Where in the Bible does it say you have to have perfect contrition to be forgiven?

@kayy4040 8 ай бұрын

Where in the Bible does it say we must only follow revelation in Scripture?

@fr-pjm8882 8 ай бұрын

It was defined at the Council of Trent that a real act of contrition, motivated by charity, does in fact reconcile to God. One must still obey the precept of Confession.

@dawnnichols7742 8 ай бұрын

You're in a state of grace when you are born again.

@AndyYoung789 8 ай бұрын

Father is right - despite what anyone who's been to Medjugorje might tell you. Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, the respected reference text for clergy, states it is de Fide (the highest possible level of doctrine) that: "Without special Divine Revelation no one can know with the certainty of faith, if they be in the state of grace." [Chapter 4:22]

@grahamcmusic 8 ай бұрын

Jesus said it was the good people who were his friends and those that had been a blessing to him through their care for others who were hungry, tor naked and had visited people in prison thereby in caring for people they were showing their love for him These were the people on his right hand How did we make that leap?

@mph1ish 8 ай бұрын

Jesus also said to His Apostles- “Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained” (John 20:22).

@grahamcmusic 8 ай бұрын

@@mph1ish Yes also

@mph1ish 8 ай бұрын

@@grahamcmusic Yes so we all need to get to Confession.

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 9 ай бұрын

Subscribed.

@TheFatimaCenter 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Welcome to our channel. You can find even more Fatima-related material on our website, fatima.org. God bless you.

@sweetcaroline2060 9 ай бұрын

@TheFatimaCenter I'm looking forward to receiving the Fall issue of the Crusader. I'm looking forward to the issue, not the contents. 😨🥵😰

@francikeen 9 ай бұрын

JUSTIFICATION (in Bible) = STATE OF GRACE (in Catholic terminology) We are justified by faith (James 2:24) and saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8).

@lizmonard 9 ай бұрын

Matthew 25: 31-46 Faith alone doesn’t cut it.

@worthwhilediscussion 9 ай бұрын

God's word is not restricted to the Holy Bible. Not all of God's revelation is given in the text. St. Paul said we should hold fast to the traditions, scripture (old testament) and word of mouth teaching-- this includes the doctrine of state of grace. Use common sense. Humans are equipped by God to use their intelligence. If you're doing and living how Christ our Lord commands then what should this be called? The answer is being in a "state of grace". Everything in life has a name, right? Well living according to the Holy Gospels has a name which is called state of grace. I simplified it for you. I hope this helps you. God bless.

@worthwhilediscussion 9 ай бұрын

@@lizmonardAmen. ✝️

@worthwhilediscussion 9 ай бұрын

Right, the grace to do good and abide by Christ's laws but if you're not doing that yet only claiming you have faith then that is not enough. You need faith and the grace of good works to be saved. You can't have one and not the other. Be careful with that faith alone teaching.

@maureensullivan8898 9 ай бұрын

Yes, faith and grace are critical and necessary, but those are the start of our salvation, not the end. Jesus conquered death, but He didn't make our ongoing life decisions for us; it's an everyday effort and commitment.

@mathurm100 8 ай бұрын

maybe better not to know? i'm afraid every day and that helps me fight sin.

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Precisely. God knows best how to lead us to Heaven and to keep us most safely on that path. As St. Paul says, we are to work out our salvation in fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12) God bless you.

@falconone7230 8 ай бұрын

What does a supernova lifestyle mean and how do we live in that way?

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your question. Sanctifying grace is the principle of supernatural life, just as the soul is the principle of natural life. That is, just as only living persons, with their souls united to their bodies, are capable of actions in the natural realm, only persons in the state of sanctifying grace are capable of performing supernatural acts -- acts which are meritorious toward gaining the supernatural reward of Heaven. For those in the state of grace, even natural acts such as our daily duties in this life are rendered supernaturally meritorious when offered to God as acts of love and obedience to His will. God bless you.

@johannesauve3294 9 ай бұрын

When we go to confession, get absolution, and forget a sin..are you still in a state of. Grace?

@geod3589 9 ай бұрын

In confession, always ask forgiveness for any sin you just can't remember at the time.

@TheFatimaCenter 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this important question. When we receive the Sacrament of Penance, it is necessary to confess all mortal sins. By concealing a serious sin in the Sacrament, one would commit another serious sin (of sacrilege), and even those sins which were confessed would not be forgiven. But to forget a serious sin is a different matter. If we prepare to receive the Sacrament by making a sincere effort to recall all sins committed since our last worthy Confession, and we bring to the Sacrament a "universal" contrition taking in any and every offence against God, then all of our sins are forgiven through the priest's absolution -- including even any sins which were forgotten. But if later we recall such sins, we have a grave obligation to mention them in our next Confession. In the meantime, there is no need to worry about the state of our soul or to abstain from receiving Holy Communion until the next opportunity for Confession because the now-remembered sin is already forgiven. God bless you.

@jeremiahkirby6552 8 ай бұрын

After the rapture of the FEW and the lukewarm left behind, they will show true nature as The Restrainer is taken out and the pestilence comes down. HELL is a choice we make and many have made that choice.

@martinurry7107 8 ай бұрын

Can you explan the mortals sins ,in easy words as I am not English thk bless us

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

A mortal sin is a serious sin for which one would go to hell. Examples are drunkenness, fornication, adultery, murder, contraception.

@Frances-fl5qf 8 ай бұрын

My question when we are elderly and caring for a sick spouse by fearing to leave them alone and miss mass plus the fear of bringing covid to a chemo patient.what can a person do because we are always in mortal sin. Help please

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your question. The obligation to assist at Holy Mass does not bind on one who serves as a needed caregiver. But your own need for the Sacraments and for assisting at the Church's public rites of worship should move you to find an alternate helper so you are able to leave your spouse's bedside long enough to go to Sunday Mass. God bless you.

@martinurry7107 8 ай бұрын

If same one can t rember all his sins ,what can one do?? And why I feel I still have sins after I confess thkkk

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Make a good and prayerful examination of conscience, possibly using a guide such as linked below. After a serious effort to remember all serious sins, and exciting sorrow for them all, and plainly confessing all that you can remember, do not worry if you remember some more sins later. You must confess them in your next confession, but they are already forgiven. web.archive.org/web/20200217234810/archive.fatima.org/essentials/requests/examconc.asp

@martinurry7107 8 ай бұрын

Father I did for give my enemy's but what if they keep picking on you ??? Although same time bad thoughts keep caming???? And can you plsssssssssssssss ues easy words so I can under stand each words thks

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

You must always continue to forgive. It is not a sin to be tempted if you do not give in to the temptation. Reject the bad thoughts and stay busy to keep your mind occupied with other things. Read the Bible often to train your mind to holy thoughts.

@alexmac0 8 ай бұрын

where is taylor

@annrichman6551 8 ай бұрын

Is it a mortal sin to receive the holy Eucharist too soon after eating food or a milk shake

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your question. It would be a "matter" of mortal sin to break the prescribed Communion fast. To do so carelessly or intentionally would be a mortal sin. God bless you.

@esmysyield2023 8 ай бұрын

I am confused. If God and the Holy Spirit cant abide sin how do they live in us? We are full of sin.

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your question which we will submit for response in our Ask Father video series. In the meantime we note that serious sin (mortal sin) renders our souls as you suggest, "full of sin" and in a continual state of aversion from God. Venial sin, however, does not do this. God bless you.

@gomezjkv 8 ай бұрын

So, if I understand what is being presented here, the Catholic Church rejects the truth that Jesus is the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world? Is that what I should take away from this? And how is it that being baptized in water restores the Spirit of Life that was lost when Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden? How would Adam lose the Holy Spirit that was breathed into him upon his creation if the sin he committed was violation of a dietary law? I thought that the church views dietary laws as ceremonial laws that we are not bound to. Wouldn’t that be a venial sin, at best? I always thought that faith comes by hearing. How can we know for sure that an infant who is baptized understands the words being spoken over them to come to faith? If it was faith that restored the Holy Spirit to Cornelius in Acts 10 and it came without being baptized in water, why is water baptism of any concern? This makes no sense to me.

@TheFatimaCenter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your questions. That Adam's sin was a grievous crime putting the whole human race (of which he was the head) at enmity with God, is clear from Romans 5:12, "Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned." By Our Lord's own institution, the Sacrament of Baptism replaced the Old Covenant rite of circumcision by which infants were incorporated into the ecclesia of the True Faith and regenerated into the life of sanctifying grace. For adults, this translation into the state of grace (called Justification) is likely to occur before the conferral of the Sacrament, for which reason catechumens are typically received into the Church at once each year at Eastertime. For these, the Sacrament is a necessity of precept, not of means. For infants, however, since they cannot yet elicit an act of faith, the Sacrament is a necessity of means for salvation, and Baptisms are performed within days of birth -- or immediately when there is danger of death. The Church's teachings of the process of Justification are fully explained in the documents of the Council of Trent. (See the Sixth Session.) We urge you to continue your investigation of the Catholic Faith. God bless you. www.papalencyclicals.net/councils/trent.htm

@gomezjkv 8 ай бұрын

@@TheFatimaCenter Greetings Father and thank you for your response, however you didn’t really address my concerns. I personally do not see Christ as instituting any of the sacraments that you referred to. Water baptism was instituted by the Pharisees as a means of converting a Gentile. John the Baptist used their religious rite in order to identify the Christ. Jesus did not institute communion at the last supper. He and His disciples were observing Passover and Passover was an observance to remember the Israelites freedom from slavery in Egypt. Jesus did shift the focus of the remembrance to what He would do for all of humanity through His death burial and resurrection. And in regard to sin, what I see in scripture is that the wages of sin is death. Why did the church change that to, ‘the wages of sin is apology? This makes no sense to me personally. How do we reconcile these apparent conflicts? God bless.

@dismasthomas1202 9 ай бұрын

Why

@josephsnisky1851 8 ай бұрын

They're in a state of confusion.

@michaelflores9220 5 ай бұрын

Is'nt "you cannot know you ar e in a state of Grace" one of the 300+ official teachings of the church?

@TheFatimaCenter 5 ай бұрын

Yes, as Father McDonald points out at 9:10, we cannot have certainty of being in the state of sanctifying grace. God bless you.

@carolkrawiec1743 9 ай бұрын

Read St. PAULand the eat Church Fathers...there was no Protestantism then inly the full teachings of God

@superapex2128 9 ай бұрын

No, Father, with all due respect, Grace is NOT given to us 'through' prayer: that would imply that Grace is somehow 'merited'. If we have to work to receive Grace, then Grace is not GRATUITOUS - and therefore not Grace at all. I have spent 25 years laboring under this false assumption and made NO progress in my spiritual life whatsoever. And then I discovered Augustinianism! Grace, being a 'Participation in the LIFE of God', it is, IN AND OF ITSELF, efficacious. The word 'Actual' does not mean 'in the moment' but 'pertaining to the ACT' which is being performed BY THE HOLY GHOST within us when our will is '(conformed) to His good will' - Philippians 2:13. The distinction between 'Actual' Grace and 'Sanctifying' Grace is nowhere to be found in saint Thomas - who speaks of 'Operating' Grace and 'Cooperating' Grace instead - and, as far as I can tell, it is an invention of the Jesuits (Suarez, Bellarmine, Aquaviva et alii) in the late XVIth and early XVIIth centuries to accommodate 'Molinism' and 'Congruism', both ill-advised and unnecessary attempts of over-zealous scholastic theologians to reconcile the mysteries of Grace and Predestination. In the end, Sanctifying Grace is the wellspring whence the LIFE of God is poured out into the world - i.e., into our souls. When God dwells within us, He doesn't just sit there: being ALIVE, He ACTS and SANCTIFIES us, as it were - hence the name 'Sanctifying' Grace - IF WE LET HIM. The only thing required of us is that we say 'FIAT' to the action of the Holy Spirit within us - like the Blessed Virgin Mary - and thus be made ever more Holy in the likeness of God - BY GOD HIMSELF. Such is the wondrous doctrine of EFFICACIOUS Grace - and our world desperately needs to hear it, Father.

@242abigail 9 ай бұрын

The doctrine to which you are referring is espoused by Protestants...not Catholics.

@superapex2128 9 ай бұрын

@@242abigail You are sadly mistaken... Protestants deny the need for works... Augustinianism, as understood at the 2nd Council of Orange, affirms that God is the primary agent of our Sanctification. We DO play a part in our Sanctification - but it is God who does the "heavy lifting": we merely give our "Fiat" - our assent - to it. This is VERY good news for those who truly want to save their soul in a world as corrupt as ours... Think it over - it really changes everything.

@geoffwilson9273 9 ай бұрын

So… St. Thomas Aquinas actually DOES talk at length about Sanctifying Grace. And if you actually read Augustine (not just very select parts taken out of context) you would plainly see that he (Augustine) in his writings “On Christian Doctrine” shows that there are different graces which have no qualms with Aquinas. You have thrown down many great names in Christ, but nothing sited. THE SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Chapter CL Since, then, according to what we have been saying, sanctifying grace denotes God's special love for man, it must in consequence imply the presence of some special goodness and perfection in man. Just for one of many examples.

@superapex2128 9 ай бұрын

@@geoffwilson9273 I think you're missing the point I'm trying to make: Grace is, IN AND OF ITSELF, efficacious. That's what has been denied ever since the Renaissance and this is MUCH more important than being 100% accurate when it comes to citations - I wish you would understand that. I don't claim to have read all of saint Thomas - or saint Augustine, for that matter - but that's beside the point: from a practical perspective, it really doesn't matter. My goal is not to know everything and read everything - that's impossible. My goal is to become a better person. But I do thank you for correcting me. Does saint Thomas write about Actual Grace in the sense of 'in the moment' in Contra Gentiles?

@geoffwilson9273 9 ай бұрын

@@superapex2128 To get this straight, you believe that if grace is bestowed upon you, that is it instantly efficacious whether you cooperate with the grace or not…? Now, if this is your assumption, then St. Thomas definitely counters this as an error. This is most easily manifest in the Grace of conversion, if a person rejects the grace (usually by attachment to sin, created things), he is not converted. If he cooperates with the grace, he is converted, but conversion is not synonymous with sanctification since in Holy Scripture it is written,”21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Here we see plainly that action is required, to do the Will of God. From here we see again “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength.” Again action is required. “And to Love one’s neighbours as one’s self.” From the first commandment we can deduce that we must follow this commandment for the Love of God. Since all good things come from God as He is Goodness itself, Love comes from God, and if we Love God, it is because we are cooperating in His Grace.