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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Absolutely necessary, therefore, for the remedy of concupiscence not to be the primary motive of engaging in the sexual act. Of the natural inclinations with which I am concerned, the remedy of concupiscence is the least fundamental and therefore the least basic of the three purposes of marriage. A Sacrament is a sensible sign, instituted by Jesus Christ, by which invisible grace and inward sanctification are communicated to the soul. The essential elements of a sacrament of the New Law are institution by Christ the God-man during His visible stay on earth, and a sensibly perceptible rite that actually confers the supernatural grace it symbolizes.20 As can be seen by this definition, three elements are needed in order to make an institution a Sacrament: a sensible sign, institution by Jesus Christ, and grace conferred upon the soul or souls through that sign. It will now be shown that since grace builds upon nature21, the naturally indissoluble contract between one man and one woman for the purpose of procreation, which contract is marriage, was raised and perfected to the Divine and Sacramental level of Holy Matrimony by Christ during His lifetime. Grace is the gift from God that elevates us to the Supernatural order of being and leads us to the God. Fr. Hardon says that grace is the supernatural gift that God gives to us of His own benevolence and which is necessary for rational creatures in order to attain eternal salvation. The gifts of grace, namely sanctifying grace, the infused virtues, the gifts of the Holy Ghost, and actual grace, surpass the being, powers, and claims of created nature.22 Grace, as a created participation in the Divine Life, cannot exist by itself, independent of a subject and therefore must exist in something else. Grace is a quality because it
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