Covering Sanctifying Grace and how it frees us from the effects Original Sin, this is the twenty fourth in a series of lectures on the Catholic Catechism recorded in 1965 by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen in the privacy of his own study and first broadcast under the title 'Life is Worth Living'. A master communicator, Fulton Sheen recorded this insightful overview of the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church.
Grace is a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us by Jesus Christ to save us. When we respond to grace, we are instruments of God and obey His will. Grace makes the body a temple of God, a place where God dwells. Grace gives the intellect a new vision and gives the will a new ability to resist temptations. Grace illumines the mind to see things above reason and strengthens the will.