A young man recently asked me: "If you pray for courage, does God give you the grace to be courageous just like that? Or does He give you opportunities to be courageous?"
How insightful!! For yes, God will give us the grace-- but so often He first offers an opportunity to practice that virtue we seek, and when we turn to him in complete trust He will grant us the grace to attain the virtue.
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SO TRUE!!! When one asks for the grace of a virtue, God nearly ALWAYS responds with an opportunity to practice that virtue. One of the primary ways we grow in virtue is by practice.
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