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So our, my job is to pick up

from where Father White left off and talk,

talk a little bit about types of grace.

And Father White, I think, did a great job

kind of setting us up for talking about this.

I'm going to pick up with a couple things that he mentioned and expand on them just a little bit

and then try to move the ball a little further.

This is an enormous subject, and we're talking about, in a way, like if we're going to do a retreat on grace or some talks on grace, what are we talking about?

We're talking about something about God, as Father White pointed out, and also something about how we encounter God or are given a share in God's own life.

You can even say in God's own nature.

Now, that's a very audacious thing to say,

but sacred scripture does, in fact, say that this is what God does for us.

He gives us a share in the divine nature.

Is it possible for a human creature to become God

of the creature's nature? Absolutely not. Completely impossible. Beyond our capacity.

And yet, God wants us to have something of that.

So this is what we're talking about.

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