Grace: Kinds and Refusal (Aquinas 101)

“God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:4). This brings us to the question of how it's possible for a human being to refuse God's offer of salvation. Here, we find the dark mystery of evil because such a refusal is always a failure, a defect of the creature.

Grace: Kinds and Refusal (Aquinas 101) - Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

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[AarmOZ]

Any negative views I had for Catholicism from my Evangelical upbringing are being demolished by these videos.

[merecatholicity]

Thank you for these videos. I have gone from a Calvinist to a Thomist. This is a much more balanced view.

[joanmaltman]

Listening to a Dominican priest takes me back 75 years when I believed all priests were Dominican's

[swanabeeswan]

The analogy of the light of the sun to the light of grace is profound!

[bnpixie]

I experienced actual grace! I wasnt in a church but i said a similar prayer looking up at the stars! Its why i love Psalm 8 so much!

[ActuarialNinja]

The refusal of grace is really well described in this video, and reminds me of what CS Lewis wrote in The Great Divorce:

"Good beats upon the damned incessantly as sound waves beat on the ears of the deaf, but they cannot receive it. Their fists are clenched, their teeth are clenched, their eyes fast shut. First they will not, in the end they cannot, open their hands for gifts, or their mouths for food, or their eyes to see."

[johnkussmann]

Best talk on grace I have ever heard.. it was very clear and concise... and very very helpful Thank you so much

[HumanbeingonfloatingEarth]

First thing in the morning, this. What a way to start the day! And this resource is so good and abundant (along with others) there's so much to help us. Thank U so much Father.

[tarabletv]

Great video. I find it humbling that God wills all to be saved, and Christ's sacrifice could cover all sins, but that the majority of souls will insist on following the broad road to perdition. The narrow path that few find...wow, I need grace to not be overwhelmed, Jesus I trust in you!

[bernadettemary]

this was so helpful, thank you Father!

[kateyutterback]

So good - we listened through twice! Thanks so much.🙏🏼💙✝️📖

[theplinkerslodge]

These Aquinas 101's are so helpful, and no one video gets you there. It has taken absorbing quite a few and taking notes for Aquinas' concepts to come together - yes, a bit of attention and work. Coming back to this vid today, things started to come together. Glory to God and thank you TI.

[malanchini]

I have appreciated it. A video and audio with excelent quality. Im brazilian and im not good in understanding english, but this video the autor knows how to speak with calm and it helps us to understand even without legend.

[byron]

Grace is Love of God and favor given by God to us gratuitously unconditionally without string attached to us! St Thomas define Love in a boring way its Just Willing the Good of the other person! I like more how St Paul described Love in his epistles Love is patience Love is kind Love endures all things! For St. Thomas accdg to him we can Love someone without feeling anything. Love is a Decision not an Emotion! K Thanks Father for the enlightening awakening simple videos like this! Godbless Godspeed! K

[kristindreko]

Thank you Aquinas101!
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

[maryjohnstone]

A wonderful video, thanks, great to to know God offers us Grace, so needed to help us manage our lives, towards God .

[LVCIVSANTONIVS]

It is true, God acted in me to help myself and others from ignorance and evil, the infusion exist and it is a wonderful experience with god

[kristindreko]

Thank you for this explanation!
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

[Fakerbs]

Grace start by recognizing we need it.

[randyholm]

This was wonderful, Father! Thank you! I have been struggling with the nature of grace. I see it all the time when I read and hear it all the time. I can read the definition of the word grace, but it never really clicked in my little mind on what it means. I will have to watch this a few more times to fully absorb what you are saying ha ha. Again, thank you.