Strive for holiness

Thomas à Kempis in The Imitation of Christ, tells us that: “The patient man goes through a great and salutary purgatory when he grieves more over the malice of one who harms him than for his own injury; when he prays readily for his enemies and forgives offenses from his heart; when he does not hesitate to ask pardon of others; when he is more easily moved to pity than to anger; when he does frequent violence to himself and tries to bring the body into complete subjection to the spirit”

Jesus invites us to seek holiness and perfection. The CCC (2013) teaches that “All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity. All are called to holiness: ‘Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.' By inviting us to be perfect, Jesus is telling us that every person, enemy or not, is our neighbor, a brother or sister in Christ, whom we should love beyond measure and beyond boundaries.

Jésus I trust in Jesus

Fr. Georges sac