Are You a Holy Person?
Imagine a church full of people on Sunday morning. If I asked the congregation to raise their
hands if they see themselves as holy people, what do you think would
happen? What percentage of people would
raise their hands?
I’m probably going to test this out. If I do, I’ll let you
know what happens.
My guess is that maybe 25% of the congregation would raise
their hands. I think most people
wouldn’t, because I think we have a distorted sense of what it means to be
holy. Holiness is not perfection. It is
a basic path or orientation to Jesus Christ in life. And a holy person who falls, knows how to get
up and continue on the Way.
St. Paul addressed many of his letters with words like these
: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones
who are in Ephesus, faithful to Christ Jesus…” (Eph.1:1). Who are the ‘holy
ones’? People who were part of the Christian Community, engaged in the daily
struggle to live faithfully.
