Just as a living clump of grass ranks higher than all the stars, and a man higher than an elk, sanctifying grace gives a new and supernatural life, a created share in God's own life, so that we become adopted sons and partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), raised farther above our natural state than a man stands above a rock. With St. Alphonsus, St. Bridget and St. Catherine of Siena, we consider the beauty of a soul in grace, the disaster of losing it by mortal sin, and the Holy Mass as the one worthy thanksgiving for so great a gift.Listen with the full transcriptGo to episodeSermon of the Day podcast