#536 A pursuit for holiness.

Monsenor Gimenez at the central mass in Caacupe spoke today about purification. A believer needs to imitate Jesus and the life he portrait. He stressed the importance of purification of the faithful and the church.

Thousands of believers, many of them pilgrims gather for the Virgin of Caacupe Day in Caacupe, Paraguay, gather every year. This is the most important religious celebration. Located 50 km from the capital, Caacupe is the centre of the country's religious events on the day when the Catholic calendar marks the Day of the Conception.

I resonate with the message of holiness and the need for our life's to be under Gods spirit purification process. In my own life over the years I have realized how easy it is to talk about faith, but how difficult it becomes to enact, live out, incarnate the virtues of Jesus and the life of a true christian.

Some faith assemblies call this process; baptism, cleansing, holy spirit infilling, having the fruits of the spirit. John Wesley in the 1700's and others preached holiness and were willing to die for the message.

Holiness living continues to be a daunting task in this modern age, full of distractions and opportunities for evil.

Not just Sundays, holidays or annual pilgrimages should make us virtuous. Aiming at a daily transformation of our souls, mind and spirit is the way to go.

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