"Actual grace is a kind of divine impulse given to us in order to help move us towards salvation. Actual grace enables us to cooperate freely with the movement of grace, so as to turn ourselves efficaciously towards God and perform acts which contribute towards our salvation."- Lawrence Feingold, Class notes on Anthropology, Sin, and Grace. (St.Louis, MO: Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, distributed 2010) 195.
This definition of actual grace sets the stage for distinguishing between the spiritual effects of sacramentals, which "excite pious devotion", or more properly aid in obtaining the proper disposition to receive the sacraments, and the sacraments themselves by which we receive sanctifying grace.
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