Blog Post 1/17/2024 – What is God is calling us to be?

What is God is calling us to be?

 

In  Peter’s Letter we read, “BE HOLY BECAUSE HE IS HOLY” [1 Peter 1:16]                      

 

 

How?

 

 

Pope Francis in his letter - "Rejoice and Be Glad" [Gaudete et Exsultate] challenges us to  re-think the idea of being holy ….   "We are … tempted to think that holiness is only for those who can withdraw from ordinary affairs to spend much time in prayer.

 

We are called to be holy by living our lives with love & by bearing witness in everything we do.   Are you married?  Be holy by loving & caring for your husband or wife, as Christ does for His Church.   Do you have children Be Holy by loving your children, as Christ does for His church.

 

At work, at play, walking, talking, whatever you are doing, act with integrity & love your brothers & sisters, do it the way Christ would do.  Be holy by patiently teaching everyone you interact with how to follow Jesus, take a few minutes to listen to this hymn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVbLQh-lT0

 

“Christ has no body but yours,

No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which He looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”

— St. Teresa of Ávila (attributed)

 

 

Now go and be Christ to the world, it is starving for Him.

 

May God Be Praised.