"Grace, which is charity, contains in itslef all virtues in a hidden and potential manner, like the leaves and the branches of the oak tree hidden in the meat of an acorn. To be an acorn is to have a taste for being an oak tree. Habitual grace brings with it all the Christian virtues in their seed.
Actual grace moves us to actualize these hidden powers and to realize what they mean: Christ acting in us."
-- Thomas Merton from "Thoughts in Solitude"
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