Holiness is made for all, holiness is possible for all: it means to be made a child of God, to be carried by his all-powerful love – wounded, sinners, weak – to be healed, forgiven, strengthened.
Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger (1926–2007)
Holiness is Possible for All
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3 responses to “Holiness is Possible for All”
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“wounded” “to be carried by His all powerful love…” Is this a specific definition of holiness from a specific historical time? Little Therese. Elizabeth of the Trinity, Dina Belanger, Teresa of the Andes, The “French School of Spirituality” all seem to help bring these particular qualities of “holiness” to the forefront and in some ways to be focused on being carried rather than on training for the battle and then going off to war. Does that make sense or am I over-doing it. The Jesus Prayer and monastic desert spirituality also have plenty of rrom to be carried in the bosom of the Father’s Love but can seem more olympic and battle like? Am really not sure because I feel like elements of both aspects are present in any real spirituality, the receptivity of Love and being healed and carried by it and the use of the grace of that experience to be true soldiers in the spiritual warfare that is active all around and witnin us.
Little Brother Michael-
The Eastern Fathers also emphasize fatigue (ponos) as a means of just falling into the Father’s arms and falling into contemplation…
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“wounded” “to be carried by His all powerful love…” Is this a specific definition of holiness from a specific historical time? Little Therese. Elizabeth of the Trinity, Dina Belanger, Teresa of the Andes, The “French School of Spirituality” all seem to help bring these particular qualities of “holiness” to the forefront and in some ways to be focused on being carried rather than on training for the battle and then going off to war. Does that make sense or am I over-doing it. The Jesus Prayer and monastic desert spirituality also have plenty of room to be carried in the bosom of the Father’s Love but can seem more olympic and battle like? Am really not sure because I feel like elements of both aspects are present in any real spirituality, the receptivity of Love and being healed and carried by it and the use of the grace of that experience to be true soldiers in the spiritual warfare that is active all around and witnin us.
Little Brother Michael
Contemplative in the Mud 