Is there a holiness gene?
IS THERE A HOLINESS GENE? Mario D’Couto We admire talented people, sport stars, athletes, musicians, artists, orators, entrepreneurs and other great people including the saints. As a Catholic, the lives of the saints can seem elusive. We often come across their heroic commitment to Christ, the sacrifices they endowed, the unwavering focus towards doing what is good, holy and right, even if it meant giving up their lives, that we can feel that it is somehow out of our reach, that perhaps we may never get to where they are. Yet, what if it were possible that God is calling us, you and me, in our own capacity, to pursue the path of holiness, with all our strengths and weaknesses towards Himself? In this blogpost/reflection, we shall be taking a closer look into it. Man is a mysterious union of body and spirit. The only creature that God wanted for His own sak...