Grace of God

[DavidMark]

What is wonderful about a person’s faith is the feeling of the divine presence, the feeling that worldly things are burned away, and the eternal grace of God showers limitless love and guidance upon us. Here are a few verses to consider:

**God grant that through His gracious and invisible assistance, thou mayest divest thy body and soul of the old garment, and array thyself with the new and imperishable attire.(**Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 158)

For the highest and most excelling grace bestowed upon men is the grace of “attaining unto the Presence of God” and of His recognition, which has been promised unto all people. This is the utmost degree of grace vouchsafed unto man by the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days, and the fulness of His absolute bounty upon His creatures. (Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 137)

**Fear ye God and reject not the heavenly grace which hath shed radiance upon all regions. Say, He Who is the Exponent of the hidden Name hath appeared, did ye but know it. He Whose advent hath been foretold in the heavenly Scriptures is come, could ye but understand it. **(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 243)

It behoveth the people of Bahá to invoke and entreat the Lord of Names that perchance the people of the world may not be deprived of the effusions of grace in His days. (TB, p. 258)

 

[DavidMark]

What are Cathlic opinions about this:

For the highest and most excelling grace bestowed upon men is the grace of “attaining unto the Presence of God” and of His recognition, which has been promised unto all people. This is the utmost degree of grace vouchsafed unto man by the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days, and the fulness of His absolute bounty upon His creatures. Of this grace and bounty none of this people hath partaken, neither have they been honoured with this most exalted distinction. (Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 137)

 

[Carlan]

What are Cathlic opinions about this:

**For the highest and most excelling grace **bestowed upon men is the grace of “attaining unto the Presence of God” and of His recognition, which has been promised unto all people. This is the utmost degree of grace vouchsafed unto man by the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days, and the fulness of His absolute bounty upon His creatures. Of this grace and bounty none of this people hath partaken, neither have they been honoured with this most exalted distinction. (Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 137)

Hello David,
The call of God or God’s actual grace is always there for us to listen to and accept, it is up to us. I believe all respond to it when they are in the right place to receive it. Then if we live by what the Church teaches, the revelation of Christ, we are gifted with
sanctifying grace. These graces are given to us that God may ultimately give himself to us.
So then the essential step of spiritual life is to respond to all the gifts of grace.Carlan

 

[DavidMark]

Thank you for your reply I appreciate sincerity.

 

[spockrates]

What is wonderful about a person’s faith is the feeling of the divine presence, the feeling that worldly things are burned away, and the eternal grace of God showers limitless love and guidance upon us. Here are a few verses to consider:

**God grant that through His gracious and invisible assistance, thou mayest divest thy body and soul of the old garment, and array thyself with the new and imperishable attire.(**Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 158)

For the highest and most excelling grace bestowed upon men is the grace of “attaining unto the Presence of God” and of His recognition, which has been promised unto all people. This is the utmost degree of grace vouchsafed unto man by the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days, and the fulness of His absolute bounty upon His creatures. (Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 137)

**Fear ye God and reject not the heavenly grace which hath shed radiance upon all regions. Say, He Who is the Exponent of the hidden Name hath appeared, did ye but know it. He Whose advent hath been foretold in the heavenly Scriptures is come, could ye but understand it. **(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 243)

It behoveth the people of Bahá to invoke and entreat the Lord of Names that perchance the people of the world may not be deprived of the effusions of grace in His days. (TB, p. 258)

David:

Please tell me about the Bahai religion.

 

[DavidMark]

Hi Spockrates! (Cool name) Your join date 12 November was the Birthday of Baha’u’llah in 1817, a holy day for us, when we take the day off from work and devote it to Him.

You can read all the Sacred Writings free at reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/

One “Tablet” was addressed to Pope Pius IX in 1868 reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/slh-5.html

You can seach my threads on this blog, but I’d love giving you a little bit here:

Say: O concourse of the rulers and of the learned and the wise! The Promised Day is come and the Lord of Hosts hath appeared. Rejoice ye with great joy by reason of this supreme felicity. Aid Him then through the power of wisdom and utterance. Thus biddeth you the One Who hath ever proclaimed, ‘Verily, no God is there but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.’ ~Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 239

…the object of life to a Bahá’í is to promote the oneness of mankind. The whole object of our lives is bound up with the lives of all human beings; not a personal salvation we are seeking, but a universal one…Our aim is to produce a world civilization which will in turn react on the character of the individual. It is, in a way, the inverse of Christianity which started with the individual unit and through it reached out to the conglomerate life of men. (Shoghi Effendi, quoted by Rúhíyyih Khanúm, Bahá’í News, no. 231, [May 1950], pp. 6-8)

 

[spockrates]

Hi Spockrates! (Cool name) Your join date 12 November was the Birthday of Baha’u’llah in 1817, a holy day for us, when we take the day off from work and devote it to Him.

You can read all the Sacred Writings free at reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/

One “Tablet” was addressed to Pope Pius IX in 1868 reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/slh-5.html

You can seach my threads on this blog, but I’d love giving you a little bit here:

Say: O concourse of the rulers and of the learned and the wise! The Promised Day is come and the Lord of Hosts hath appeared. Rejoice ye with great joy by reason of this supreme felicity. Aid Him then through the power of wisdom and utterance. Thus biddeth you the One Who hath ever proclaimed, ‘Verily, no God is there but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.’ ~Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 239

…the object of life to a Bahá’í is to promote the oneness of mankind. The whole object of our lives is bound up with the lives of all human beings; not a personal salvation we are seeking, but a universal one…Our aim is to produce a world civilization which will in turn react on the character of the individual. It is, in a way, the inverse of Christianity which started with the individual unit and through it reached out to the conglomerate life of men. (Shoghi Effendi, quoted by Rúhíyyih Khanúm, Bahá’í News, no. 231, [May 1950], pp. 6-8)

Well, let’s hope I find a bit of wisdom in common with him, as well! That’s an interesting view, if I’m understanding you correctly. Are you saying you are seeking the salvation of the world community, rather than an individual salvation?