WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS

1.It is only for

some chosen
few. It is rare and
very difficult, if
not altogether
impossible, for
ordinary people.
WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
2. One needs to
be a priest or a
nun who will
have the time
and the training
to be holy.
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3.It is corny.
One has to be
goody-goody,
with one’s feet
off the ground.
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4. Holiness is
of the past
but not for
us in the
modern
world.
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5. Holiness can wait
later on, perhaps
when one is already
old and has no more
cares about the
world.
WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
6. Holiness is not
really that
important. It is good
if one has it, but
really one can get
by quite well
without it.
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7. To be holy is
to be without
sin. Our life is
already
tainted by sin.
WE have no
chance for it.
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8. One can
be over
holy. Baka
makalampas
sa langit!
 CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
Leviticus 19, 2
Speak to all the
congregation of the
people of Israel and
say to them: You shall
be holy, for I the Lord
your God am holy.
 CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
Ephesians 1, 4
He chose us in Christ before
the foundation of the world to
be holy and blameless before
him in love.
 CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
1 Corinthians 1, 8
He will also strengthen you
to the end, so that you
may be blameless (holy)
on the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
 CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
1 Thessalonians 4, 3 (life pleasing to Go)

For this is the will of

God, your sanctification:
that you will abstain
from fornication….
 CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
2 Thessalonians 1, 11
(judgement at xt coming)
To this end we always
pray for you, asking that
our God will make you
worthy of his call (which is
holiness) and will fulfill by
his power every good
resolve and work of faith.
WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Holiness is the
high standard
of ordinary
Christian living.
(Novo Millennio
Ineunte # 31)
 WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Holiness is the
perfection of
charity.
 WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Holiness is doing the will

of God.
 WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Holiness is
oneness with
God.
WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Holiness is
closer
following of
Jesus
 * God is holy. We cannot
approach God if we are not
holy.
*To be one with God then
is to be holy.
* To be one with God is to
love him.
* To love him is to keep
his commandment.
* His commandment is
that we love one
another.(Jn 14,15.21; 15,9-10)
 • Jn. 14,15.21
‘If you love me, you will keep my
commandments…They who have my
commandments and keep them are
those who love me; and those who love
me will be love by my Father, and I will
love them and reveal myself to them.’
 • Jn. 15,9-10
As the Father has loved me, so
I have loved you; abide in my
love. If you keep my
commandments, you will abide
in my love, just as I have kept
my Father’s commandments
and abide in his love.
 WE BELIEVE IN
ONE,HOLY, CATHOLIC
CHURCH
The Catholic Church is
holy because:
•Jesus, its root, is
holy. He is the
way to the
Father.
 WE BELIEVE IN ONE,HOLY,
CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Catholic Church is holy
because:
•It is capable to make people
holy by the action of the
Holy Spirit.
 WE BELIEVE IN
ONE,HOLY, CATHOLIC
CHURCH
The Catholic Church is
holy because:
•It has the means to
make people holy.
The saints are proofs
that holiness abounds
in the Church.
MEANS TO HOLINESS
1. Encounter with
Jesus in the
sacraments.

2. Praying.
 MEANS TO HOLINESS
3. Word of God in
the Bible.

4. Faithfulness in
the daily duties
of our life.
MEANS TO HOLINESS
5. Avoiding sin
and temptation

6. Doing good to
others
 CORRECT IDEAS ON
HOLINESS
1. The objective gift of holiness
is offered to all the baptized.
Baptism is a true entrance into
the holiness of God through
incorporation into Christ and
the indwelling of his Spirit. By
holiness we avoid a life of
mediocrity, that is, reducing
Christianity to minimalistic
ethics and shallow religiosity.
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2. Holiness is a call and a task for

every Christian, not just for a chosen
few.
3. Holiness is achieved in the
ordinary Christian living. Do your
ordinary duties extraordinarily well.
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HOLINESS
4. The ways of holiness are many,
according to the vocation of
each individual.
5. There is a need for a genuine
training in holiness.
6. To be holy is THE most
important thing in life. There is
only one sadness in life, that is,
not to be holy!
Ultimately, what is holiness?

Holiness is…..
Drawing close to God
Perfection of love
Doing the will of God
Following Jesus Christ.
• Your Challenge:
To love all the students entrusted to me by
God.
“ The Holy Spirit inside you will help teach
you how to teach like Jesus.”
“You call Me teacher and master and rightly
so, for indeed I am… I have given you a
model to follow so that as I have done for
you, you should also do.” (John 13:13,15)
• Your Challenge:
To love all the students entrusted to ne by
God.
“ The Holy Spirit inside you will help teach
you how to teach like Jesus.”
“You call Me teacher and master and rightly
so, for indeed I am… I have given you a
model to follow so that as I have done for
you, you should also do.” (John 13:13,15)
• * Knowledge Power
* Personality Power – physical
characteristics/ attributes.

As teachers we believe in change

To teach is “ to touch lives” (learning)
To teach well is to make a difference in the
lives you touch
Come and see…
It all starts in prayer…
It takes three to have a good
marriage…

Bl. Bsp. Fulton Sheen

that we may acknowledge our
vocation and value it forever