Brothers and Sisters, Let us Heed and Live God's Calling to Holiness! Fr. Heart, SVD

1. In my opinion,
you are the most beautiful creature in
the world!
OK, I’m biased.
God

2.  MOST REV. BRODERICK S. PABILLO, D.D.
Auxiliary Bishop of Manila

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Pastoral Priorities for the new millennium
according to Novo Millennio Ineunte
1.HOLINESS
• There is a great desire in people to be
holy.
• Holiness is attractive to people even in our
times.
• The Church is holy because its goal is to
make people holy and she has the means
to make people holy.

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Pastoral Priorities for the new
millennium according to Novo
Millennio Ineunte
1.HOLINESS
• All the activities of the Church is to help
promote holiness.
• Bring out in people the desire to be
saints, to be what they really are.
• Present the Saints to the people as role
models
• People should see in us our striving to
be holy ourselves. We witness to this.

5. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
1.It is only for
some chosen
few. It is rare and
very difficult, if
not altogether
impossible, for
ordinary people.

6. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
2. One needs to
be a priest or a
nun who will
have the time
and the training
to be holy.

7. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
3.It is corny.
One has to be
goody-goody,
with one’s feet
off the ground.

8. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
4. Holiness is
of the past
but not for
us in the
modern
world.

9. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
5. Holiness can wait
later on, perhaps
when one is already
old and has no more
cares about the
world.

10. 6. Holiness is not
really that
important. It is good
if one has it, but
really one can get
by quite well
without it.
WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS

11. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
7. To be holy is
to be without
sin. Our life is
already
tainted by sin.
WE have no
chance for it.

12. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT HOLINESS
8. One can
be over
holy. Baka
makalampas
sa langit!

13. Leviticus 19, 2
Speak to all the
congregation of the
people of Israel and
say to them: You
shall be holy, for I
the Lord your God
am holy.
CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.

14. CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.
Ephesians 1, 4
He chose us in Christ before the
foundation of the world to be
holy and blameless before him
in love.

15. 1 Corinthians 1, 8
He will also strengthen you
to the end, so that you
may be blameless (holy)
on the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.

16. 1 Thessalonians 4, 3 (life pleasing to Go)
For this is the will of
God, your sanctification:
that you will abstain
from fornication….
CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.

17. 2 Thessalonians 1, 11
(judgement at xt coming)
To this end we always
pray for you, asking that
our God will make you
worthy of his call (which is
holiness) and will fulfill by
his power every good
resolve and work of faith.
CALL TO HOLINESS FROM
THE BIBLE.

18. WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Holiness is the
high standard
of ordinary
Christian living.
(Novo Millennio
Ineunte # 31)

19. WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Holiness is the
perfection of
charity.

20. WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Holiness is doing the will
of God.

21. WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Holiness is
oneness with
God.

22. WHAT IS HOLINESS?
Holiness is
closer
following of
Jesus

23. * God is holy. We cannot
approach God if we are not
holy.
*To be one with God then
is to be holy.
* To be one with God is to
love him.

24. * To love him is to keep
his commandment.
* His commandment is
that we love one
another.(Jn 14,15.21; 15,9-
10)

25. • Jn. 14,15.21
‘If you love me, you will keep my
commandments…They who have my
commandments and keep them are
those who love me; and those who love
me will be love by my Father, and I will
love them and reveal myself to them.’

26. • Jn. 15,9-10
As the Father has loved me, so
I have loved you; abide in my
love. If you keep my
commandments, you will
abide in my love, just as I have
kept my Father’s
commandments and abide in
his love.

27. WE BELIEVE IN
ONE,HOLY, CATHOLIC
CHURCH
The Catholic Church is
holy because:
•Jesus, its root, is
holy. He is the
way to the
Father.

28. WE BELIEVE IN ONE,HOLY,
CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Catholic Church is holy
because:
•It is capable to make people
holy by the action of the
Holy Spirit.

29. WE BELIEVE IN
ONE,HOLY, CATHOLIC
CHURCH
The Catholic Church is
holy because:
•It has the means to
make people holy.
The saints are proofs
that holiness abounds
in the Church.

30. MEANS TO HOLINESS
1. Encounter with
Jesus in the
sacraments.
2. Praying.

31. 3. Word of God in
the Bible.
4. Faithfulness in
the daily duties
of our life.
MEANS TO HOLINESS

32. 5. Avoiding sin
and temptation
6. Doing good to
others
MEANS TO HOLINESS

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Priests’ specific journey to holiness
There are greater reasons that motivate a
priest to be holy:
1. That he may be worthy of the grace marked on him to
stand in persona Christi capitis.
2. That he may be the living instrument of the work of
salvation.
ex opere operato
ex opere operantis

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Priests’ specific journey to
holiness
Our specific path:
Holiness in and through ministry.
We not only sanctify others in our ministry.
Our ministry sanctifies us. By acting in persona
Christi we become close to him. We ourselves
become spiritually charged in our pastoral work.
Check this out in each activity that you do as
priests.

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Holiness is not something a priest can
attain by himself or apart from the
community of faith. The priest becomes
holy within the community by
ministering to it and leading it.
In acting as shepherd, the presbyter experiences
his own transformation in the image of the One
he represents. This is how he becomes holy.

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Important elements in the specific
journey of the priest to holiness.
A. A climate of proximity to Jesus, or
friendship and personal encounter with him.
B. The Blessed Virgin Mary.
C. Liturgy of the Hours.

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Hence according to John Paul II:
“Spending time in
intimate conversation with the
Good Shepherd in the Blessed
Sacrament is a pastoral
priority far superior to any
other.”

38. CORRECT IDEAS ON
HOLINESS
1. The objective gift of holiness
is offered to all the baptized.
Baptism is a true entrance into
the holiness of God through
incorporation into Christ and
the indwelling of his Spirit. By
holiness we avoid a life of
mediocrity, that is, reducing
Christianity to minimalistic
ethics and shallow religiosity.

39. 2. Holiness is a call and a task for
every Christian, not just for a chosen
few.
3. Holiness is achieved in the
ordinary Christian living. “Do your
ordinary duties extraordinarily well.”
CORRECT IDEAS ON HOLINESS

40. CORRECT IDEAS ON
HOLINESS
4. The ways of holiness are many,
according to the vocation and
tempearament of each
individual.
5. There is a need for a genuine
training in holiness.
6. To be holy is THE most
important thing in life. There is
only one sadness in life, that is,
not to be holy!

41. Ultimately, what is holiness?
Holiness is…..
Drawing close to God
Perfection of love
Doing the will of God
Following Jesus Christ.

42.  MOST REV. BRODERICK S. PABILLO, D.D.
Auxiliary Bishop of Manila