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| 53. Who is the Holy Spirit? | The Holy Spirit is God and the third Person of the Blessed Trinity. |
| 54. What does the Holy Spirit do for the salvation of mankind? | The Holy Spirit sanctifies souls through the gift of grace. |
| 55. How many kinds of grace are there? | There are two kinds of grace: sanctifying grace and actual grace. |
| 56. What does sanctifying grace do for us? | Sanctifying grace: FIRST, makes us holy and pleasing to God; SECOND, makes us adopted children of God ; THIRD, makes us temples of the Holy Spirit; fourth, gives us the right to heaven. |
| 57. What is actual grace? | Actual grace is a supernatural help of God which en- lightens our mind and strengthens our will to do good and to avoid evil. |
| 58. What are the principal ways of obtaining grace? | The principal ways of obtaining grace are prayer and the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist. |
