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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH \nFrom the Second Vatican Council’s document “Lumen Gentium” \n◊◊◊ \nThe Church\, whose mystery is set forth by this sacred Council\, is held\, as a \nmatter of faith\, to be unfailingly holy. This is because Christ\, the Son of God\, \nwho with the Father and the Spirit is hailed as “alone holy\,” loved the Church as \nhis Bride\, giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her; he joined her to himself \nas his body and endowed her with the gift of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God. \nTherefore all in the Church\, whether they belong to the hierarchy or are \ncared for by it\, are called to holiness\, according to the apostle’s saying: “For this \nis the will of God\, your sanctification”. This holiness of the Church is constantly \nshown forth in the fruits of grace which the Spirit produces in the faithful and so \nit must be; it is expressed in many ways by the individuals who\, each in his or \nher own state of life\, tend to the perfection of love\, thus sanctifying others; it \nappears in a certain way of its own in the practice of the counsels which have \nbeen usually called “evangelical.” This practice of the counsels prompted by the \nHoly Spirit\, undertaken by many Christians whether privately or in a form or \nstate sanctioned by the Church\, gives and should give a striking witness and \nexample of that holiness. \nThe Lord Jesus\, divine teacher and model of all perfection\, preached \nholiness of life (of which he is the author and maker) to each and every one of his \ndisciples without distinction: “You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your heavenly \nFather is perfect”. For he sent the Holy Spirit to all to move them interiorly to \nlove God with their whole heart\, with their whole soul\, with their whole \nunderstanding\, and with their whole strength\, and to love one another as Christ \nlove them. \nThe followers of Christ\, called by grace\, and justified in the Lord Jesus\, \nhave been made sons and daughters of God in the baptism of faith and partakers \nof the divine nature\, and so are truly sanctified. They must therefore hold on to \nand perfect in their lives that sanctification which they have received from God. \nThey are told by the apostle to live “as is fitting among saints”\, and to put on “as \nGod’s chosen ones\, holy and beloved\, compassion\, kindness\, lowliness\, \nmeekness\, and patience”\, to have the fruits of the Spirit for their sanctification. \nBut since we all offend in many ways\, we constantly need God’s mercy and must \npray everyday: “And forgive us our debts.” \nIt is therefore quite clear that all Christians in any state or walk of life are \ncalled to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of love\, and by this \nholiness a more human manner of life is fostered also in earthly society.
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