What are the chief supernatural powers that are bestowed on our souls with sanctifying grace?
–The chief supernatural powers that are bestowed on our souls with sanctifying grace are the three theological virtues and the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost. • Good qualities or inclinations, whether natural or supernatural, are generally referred to as “virtues”. Virtue is a habit that inclines us to whatever is good. A single good act does not constitute virtue. For instance, one does not have the virtue of faith if one believes in Christ only once a week. • Supernatural virtues enter the soul with sanctifying grace, imparted by the Holy Ghost in the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance. With sanctifying grace the soul acquires the supernatural light of faith and hope, and burns with the fire of charity. These virtues render us capable of being good and doing good for the love and service of God, to act for instead of against Him. We are not to suppose however that sanctifying grace makes us perfect in the practice of virtue. It gives us the power and the inclination to be good and do
