A while ago a student asked me:
What is grace? What do we mean when we say that word?"It was a great question. Sometimes it helps to slow down and see if we actually know the meaning of the words we’re saying.
The problem is there really is no clean way to answer that question. It’s like trying to explain the meaning of “love” or “beauty”. Even the Bible does not stop and define what exactly “grace” is.
So today I wanted to look at the answer in the Catechism. Then I’ll give the analogy to answer the student’s inquiry.