ON THE CALL TO HOLINESS
IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
1. 'Rejoice and be glad" (Mt 5,12:XNUMX), says Jesus to those who are persecuted or humiliated because of him. The Lord asks for everything, and what he offers is true life, the happiness for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and does not expect us to settle for a mediocre, watered down, inconsistent existence. In fact, from the very first pages of the Bible, the call to holiness is present in various ways. Thus the Lord proposed it to Abraham: "Walk before me and be blameless" (January 17,1).
2. We should not expect here a treatise on holiness, with so many definitions and distinctions that could enrich this important theme, or with analyzes that could be made about the means of sanctification. My humble goal is to make the call to holiness resound once again, trying to embody it in the current context, with its risks, challenges and opportunities. Because the Lord has chosen each of us "to be holy and immaculate before him in charity" (Ef 1,4).
The history of your Association
it is made up of many “saints next door” – many! –,
and it is a story that must continue:
holiness is a heritage to be guarded and a vocation to be welcomed.