A class on how to become holy. Means. Examples.

6. Some men and women who have been canonized

7. Some men and women who have been canonized

8. Some people in Process

22. Features of the lay faithful according to Vatican II: 1 Called by God in the world and to live in the world 2 Sanctify the world from within : Christifideles laici 16 3 they are engaged in each and every work and business of the earth and in the ordinary circumstances of social and family life which, as it were, constitute their very existence.

23. MISSION ON EARTH MISSION OF THE LAY FAIETHFUL Mission comes from Baptism A They do not have the “sacra potestas” to act in persona Christi capitis , but they share in the Office of Christ, thanks to their common priesthood. B C Secular condition .

24. HOW TO BECOME HOLY? DIVINE FILIATION, SANCTIFICATION, GRACE & VIRTUES - Sanctification is progress in holiness. To grow in sanctity one must cooperate with grace , and this requires effort, struggle., because of the disorder introduced by sin ( fomes peccati = inclination to sin). - Need of grace through prayer + mortification + sacraments. - Union with Christ: it will be definitive only in Heaven.

34. MISSION ON EARTH Sanctify work and all ordinary realities May the Mother of God and our Mother protect us, … May each one of us joyfully honour the Lord by carrying out his own duties, those which are properly his; each one of us, in his job or profession and fulfilling the obligations of his state in life. Love the Church; serve the Church with the conscious gladness of one who has committed himself to this service for Love's sake.

35. MISSION ON EARTH Mission: teaching Apostolate: right and duty 1 . Adquire formation in Catholic Doctrine 2 . The light of the faith should be seen in works and decissions 3 . To work so that the divine message of salvation reach all environments ( Apostolicam actuositatem 3 ).

36. MISSION ON EARTH