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Sacramental grace is sanctifying grace—given in the Sacraments—which contains for us a right to actual graces when we need them.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

Since then He is sanctifying the church by the washing of water by the Word, and in the future He will present it to Himself, a glorious church.

From The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future by Gaebelein, Arno Clemens

"Both he who sanctifies and those whom he is sanctifying have all one Father, and for this reason he is not ashamed to speak of them as brethren."

From The Harp of God by Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin)

Justly therefore is sanctifying grace, as the principium dignificativum operum, called the “seed of God,”1272 because it contains a celestial reward even as an acorn contains the oak.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

The principle of a new life which has to be infused into individual souls through the sacraments is sanctifying grace.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.