With the help of God's general grace and the Sacraments that He instituted (which are instruments of His grace), along with a faithful disposition, I can be holy. Scripture teaches this, as I have demonstrated.Without a doubt, we are all called to be holy. Thank you for posting Scripture previously in this regard. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was an ardent promoter of Eucharistic Adoration, said in a letter she wrote to a local parish that houses a Eucharistic Adoration chapel:
But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power... --Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 7-15-96 http://adorationrocks.com/letter.htmlIn my own life, I can readily say that I am almost indistinguishable from my lukewarm Lutheran former self. I ran into an acquaintance some ten years ago, and she said if she didn't know ahead of time she was talking to ME (like if she was blindfolded), she wouldn't have believed it was I. "His strength and His power" indeed! And from Fr. Mark Kirby:
Do souls believe in My Real Presence in the tabernacles of My churches? Have they altogether forgotten who I am and where I am to be found? Has the faith of My priests in the Sacrament of My Love grown so tepid and so weak that the souls entrusted to them have lost the simple instinct of the believing heart, that is, to seek Me out in the Most Holy Eucharist, and to abide in My presence, loving Me, and allowing Me to love freely those who come to Me, to heal their wounds, and to draw them into the sanctuary of My open Side? http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2014/01/abide-in-my-presence/
That’s “unrecognizable,” not “indistinguishable,” but you probably already figured that out. If we had the coin, we’d purchase an edit feature for Free Republic.......... For now, though, I think it’s time to have some champagne. God be with you... :)