Hello, on this bright, blustery day!
I think I know why religious communities of Catholic Sisters and Brothers are not receiving many new members these days. Forty-some years ago it was clarified by church authorities in a world-wide Council that THE CALL TO HOLINESS IS UNIVERSAL.
Before that time I had had a big argument with my brother. He told me that “You Sisters can be Saints, but we lay people can’t.” I remember telling him, no, that we are equal in that matter. But he wouldn’t listen to me. For whatever reason, he was convinced that his way of life could never bring him to that intimate relationship with God.
Nowadays many know better: God is in reach of all of us and we can all be Saints – no matter our calling in life. Hey! I don’t have to be a Sister or a Brother to reach that noble goal.
I am eagerly anticipating meeting my brother on the other side of the pearly gates where he has gone fully living in God’s love.
Dear Rose Mae,
ReplyDeleteThank you for naming so simply and clearly our universal call to holiness. Thank you as well for the ways you encourage me and others to be our best selves, to be whole and holy, to be people who live in communion, embodying God's love day by day.