"Universal Call to Holiness" Essay

The Call to Holiness describes an account of spiritual life. Throughout the chapter, it focuses on Jesus’ teaching to his followers, in which we should be prefect, just like our heavenly father is. As Christians, holiness starts with Baptism. Out heart should be transformed with love and to fulfill the commandments, particularly to love our neighbor as God loves us. However, in order to have close connection with God, we must come forth to it and put effort into in. The only thing that hinders is the laziness of the heart.

When a person wants something, he or she goes looking for it; we don’t stop until we obtain it or satisfy our heart temporarily with something short lived. But there is a time when the things we want draw away from us. “If I need something, I chase after it if it goes away”? Why? Because so many things in life that we want are false deceptions. They do not necessarily pertain to what God wants us to have. It does not make sense to us in the moment because we do not think that maybe God does not want us to have it. They purposely turn away from us because its God’s way of saying that this is not your calling or path.

The Universal Call to Holiness is dependent on the statement. Baptism allows us to share in God’s divinity and gain new life internally, in which being perfect as the heavenly father comes into play. God wants us to live in complete holiness through his will; especially to love everyone as Christ’s loves us. Because in society, things are perceived to work towards the right path and in actuality it is not in life, receiving the gift of holiness is a beauty from God. Therefore, we should love God first and foremost and our neighbor as well. There are plenty of things that people run into but in continues to slip away for the right reasons because it does not tie into grace given to us through the Holy Spirit from God.

For an everyday Catholic, this quote is something that people live by. The thought process of knowing to live in holiness and to love everyone like God loves each of us is a crucial part to living in the faith. Cherishing the gifts and talents we have and using them allows other people to see God shining through us. It is all about living out the faith and being able to have a spiritual relationship with Christ to experience holiness and love.

I think to “say who Christ is”, is to express to people in the world who God is. He gives us holiness through grace and wants us to have a strong relationship with him. However, when doing it, we should not be afraid or in embarrassment to talk about him because he is everything that we need in our lives. Especially since today, religion is not of high importance to certain people; it causes them to not have a spiritual relationship with God and they loose their purpose, which comes from God. Also, love is not expressed properly and contradicts with how God wants us to love. Educating people spirituality on the faith, Confirmation allows us to do; it encourages people to strengthen and or develop a relationship with God, so that he can help us live our lives through holiness, love and happiness.