Holiness is for Everyone

Holiness is not a subjective ideal incompatible with the modern world. It is the most practical application of right living this world has ever known. This modern age needs holy people more then any previous civilisation. It needs holy people because it itself is so unholy. We are holy things. We were created to be holy. Christ said “Be perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect.” At first, this seems to be an unattainable standard; a hard teaching from our Lord. The Lord set high standards, the highest humanity has ever learned but he also gave the means; the grace and power of the Holy Spirit. Every person, every circumstance, every life state is called to be holy. It is not exclusive to the religious or the spiritually gifted. Holiness is for every individual in society, no matter what their vocation or role. Holiness is our true state in life. All are called; religious and laity single and married, parents and childless, master and servant, captains of commerce and manual workers, rich and poor. Holiness is misunderstood and ridiculed by the modern world. It is a fact that the holy life is counterculture. It goes against the grain of today’s hedonistic, materialistic philosophy. Where the holy and the unholy interface there is a clash, friction and conflict. Opposites always clash by nature. The modern world misunderstands holiness because it misunderstands happiness. Holy people are considered unhappy people, to be pitied. It is considered unnatural and a waste of a life. In reality holiness is quite the opposite. Holy people are the most joyous, life loving, peaceful, strongest, loving people on the planet. Holy people experience the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Holy people know and embrace reality. They know reality is God. The world embraces an illusion, a feeling and bright lights. The prevailing philosophy of the western world misunderstands happiness thinking it is a warm fuzzy feeling and shiny sparkling things, whereas in reality happiness is a fact.