Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 801 Law and, 581, 1967, 1984 meaning and effects of, 1717 respond to man’s natural desire for happiness, 1718, 1725, 2548 reveal the goal of human existence, 1719 spirit of, 1658, 2603 Grace actual, 2000, 2024 of Baptism, 1262‑74, 1308 charisms as, 799, 951, 2003, 2024 death of Christ as a source of, 1407 definition and significance of, 1996‑2000, 2003, 2005, 2017 dying in God’s, 1023, 1030 of final perseverance, 2016 freedom and, 1742, 2022 as a gift from Christ, 388, 957 as a gift from God, 35, 54, 1999, 2008 graces of state, 2004 habitual, 2000 of Holy Orders, 1585‑89 Mary “full of grace,” 411, 490‑91, 493, 722 merit and, 1708, 2008‑09, 2011, 2025‑27 New Law called the law of, 1972 original, 375‑76, 399 prayer as a gift of, 2713, 2725 refusal and privation of, 412, 679, 1861 of the sacrament of Matrimony, 1615, 1641‑42 sanctifying, 824, 1266, 1999, 2000, 2023‑24 special, 1527, 2014 state of, 1310, 1319, 1415, 1861 virtue and, 1810‑11, 2825 See also Life: new life as divine life effects of building up of the Church, 798 chastity, 2345 contrition, 1453 conversion, 1432, 1989 faith, 153‑55, 158, 424, 684, 1098, 1102 filial adoption, 654, 1212, 2009 forgiveness of sins, 277, 1263, 1708, 1987, 1989, 2023 gift of the theological virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit, also the virtue of merit, 1266 good and holy life, 409, 1889, 2082, 2541 holiness, 824, 2023 justification, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2018‑20 knowledge of the truth, 1960 new dignity, 1701 salvation and eternal life, 265, 836, 1697 union with Christ, 737 receiving disposition for, 1446, 1848 preparation for, 2001, 2022 ( see also Sacrament[s]) thanksgiving Eucharist as, 1328, 1358, 1360 hallowing God’s name—i.e., recognizing it as holy, 2807 Holy Spirit who inspires, 1103 Jesus’ thanksgiving to the Father, 2603‑04 life as, 2062 necessity of giving thanks to God, 224, 795, 983, 1167, 1333, 2781 occasions for giving thanks, 2638 prayer of, 1352, 1359‑60, 2637‑38 Gratitude of man to Christ, 1418 of man to God, 1148, 1334, 1360, 1418, 2062, 2097, 2099 of man to his neighbors, 1648, 1900, 2199, 2215, 2218, 2220 Gratuitousness of salvation, 218, 1250, 1699, 1722, 1996 Growth the Church and growth of temporal goods, 1942 the Church’s, 7, 766, 798, 874, 910, 1134 of humanity, 1049 integral growth of man, science, and technology, 2293 of the Kingdom of God, 2820, 2859 man’s, 1936 of the reign of God and earthly progress, 1049 support for the spiritual and religious growth of man, 794, 798, 874, 1210, 1303, 1392, 1731, 2010, 2041, 2186, 2227, 2847 in understanding the faith, 94‑95 See also Advancement; Development