Holiness is not the luxury of a few people,
but a simple duty for you and me.
- St. Teresa of Calcutta
Are we all supposed to become "saints"?
- Of Course, at St. Agnes we want each our young men and women to fulfill their baptismal call to be holy, to become saints!
- The purpose of our life is to be united with God in love and to correspond entirely to God's wishes. We should allow God "to live his life in us" (Mother Teresa). That is what it means to be holy: a "saint".
- Every man asks himiself the question: Who am I and why am I here, ho wdo I find myself? Faith answers: Only in hoilness does man become that for which God created him. Only in holiness does man find real harmony between himself and his Creator. Holiness, however, is not some sort of self-made perfection; rather, it is union with the incarnate love that is Christ. Anyone who gains new life is this way finds himself and becomes holy.
As He who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; since it is written, "You shall be holy for I am holy."
- 1 Peter 1:15-16