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Grace and Cooperation: How Christ Finishes What He Began, by Victoria Cardona – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Victoria Cardona, Catholic Exchange, Dec. 18, 2025

Victoria Cardona earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Theology, with minors in Education and Catechetics, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Educational Leadership at Saint Thomas University. …

Victoria Cardona headshotMany Catholics struggle with a persistent, sometimes invisible anxiety: the fear that their lives are unfinished, their hearts too weak, their failings many, and that their efforts go unnoticed. We glance back at our own histories and see failures, missed opportunities, and unfinished projects. We wonder whether God sees only what we have failed to do.

From the earliest days of the Church, believers struggled with the tension between human frailty and the call to holiness. Yet St. Paul reassures man: “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” (Phil. 1:6). Christ Himself is the author and perfecter of our faith (Heb. 12:2), the divine Artisan who brings human effort to its fulfillment.

This truth is deeply rooted in the theological synthesis of the Church, particularly in the work of St. Thomas Aquinas, who explains how grace elevates human nature toward its supernatural end (Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 109, a. 1). …

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