AR 484 - Divine grace

AR 484 [2] 

Is not Divine grace an attribute of the Divine essence?

To turn away from grace, then,

would be to turn away from His own Divine essence,

and to turn away from His Divine essence

would mean He was no longer God.

Can God be estranged from Himself?

Believe me, grace on the part of God -

as it is infinite, so is it eternal.

The grace of God can be lost on mankind's part

if people do not accept it,

but never on God's part.

If grace should depart from God,

it would be all over with the whole of heaven

and with the whole of the human race,

to the point that

people would no longer be in the least bit human.

Therefore grace on the part of God

continues to eternity,

not only toward angels and people,

but also toward the devil himself.