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"Saints show us the possibility of living holy lives in the most varied and unlikely of circumstances and in any and every walk of life however unsympathetic. Always the holiness of the saint is the fruit of the divine call or to the offer of grace. And then to their generous, however initially halting, responses to new lives of conversion.
"The varied lives of the saints show us the deep potential goodness of the creation beyond individual sin and failure. They reveal the profound dignity of all human life created in God’s image. Their selfless lives show our call to communion, to the possibility of shared life with each other in God. They point to what is important in us, to what enables the divine image within us to shine out in the ordinariness of our daily lives. Or the Heaven in ordinary as the poet George Herbert puts it.
"The saints show us that holiness is not just holding on to the right ideas or belonging to the right group so much as being “hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). Since the closer we get to Christ, the closer we get to God and to all those in the love of God in Christ. This is the peace the world of itself can never give. And the initial requirement from us is simply willingness not worthiness.
"A willingness to believe in the possibility of communion with God and peace with men and women and our fragmented planet. This, as Pope Francis reminds us, involves a willingness to dream. As sinners we say at Mass: “Lord, I am not worthy…” but the words that follow “Only say the word and I shall be healed” are the hopeful words of the dream of sanctity."
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