So the call to holiness is a call to personal change. I truly believe that our iconography bears witness to this basic fact. The purpose of this earthly life is to use the opportunities that life presents to accomplish this … Continue reading
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The call to holiness is a call to THEOSIS, that voluntary process of personal change and transformation that God calls us to as followers of Jesus Christ. I know that many, when they hear the words “personal change”, seem to … Continue reading
In the last issue I quoted the passage that we find in one of Peter’s letters which is the foundation for our idea of Theosis, the Eastern Church’s true spirituality. That passage accentuates one of the leading motifs in the … Continue reading
The call to holiness is a call to participation in God. The Bible offers a sufficient number of passages about human participation in God for it to be taken as an important image of human salvation. But perhaps it does … Continue reading
This article, Called to Holiness, was one of my initial actions to promote the Vibrant Parish Program which is being promoted by our Church. It has been an article which has taken on many different ideas. I only hope that … Continue reading
I have been suggesting in this article that the call to holiness is a call to enter into a genuine relationship with God which can only be facilitated by the establishment of genuine relationships with other human beings. If we … Continue reading
Since I believe that the call to holiness is a call to a genuine relationship with God, I have been sharing thoughts about how to establish genuine and real relationships with other humans. I truly believe that we cannot have … Continue reading
If you have been following this article you know that I have been suggesting that the call to holiness is a call to a true and genuine relationship with God. I have also suggested that this requires for us to … Continue reading
While I have been presenting ideas about the development of good human relations skills, I am sure that my readers can, if they try, immediately see how these skills can facilitate a more genuine relationship with God. If we develop … Continue reading
As you will recall, I have been sharing what I think are the skills that we must develop in order to have genuine and real relationships with others. Why? Because our relationship with God is based on our ability to … Continue reading