Virtue not built on God resonates with falsity that is encumbered with pride. Holiness is not about achieving perfection in virtue here on earth but about constantly fighting obstacles before it by allowing God’s will to be our guide.
Tag: Holiness
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (183): Is it enough that a Christian be “nice” and “decent”?
Christian morals seem to impose on us a series of “thou-shalt-nots,” but these should be seen as the training of the body “to subdue it,” as Saint Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:24. To subdue is to master, and when one masters something, say a musical instrument, he is able to produce the most beautiful sounds. On the other hand, if he has not mastered it, he may just produce noise instead.
EVERYTHING WAS CREATED FOR HOLINESS
As Christians, we can give God what is due to him only by striving for holiness, using every means possible and every situation with which we are faced, however insignificant they may appear to be.