Cedric Pisegna - Holiness Is For You And Me

January 19, 2025 | S25:E3

Father Cedric Pisegna is a Catholic priest. His program will inspire and encourage you to Live with Passion.

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  • Father cedric pisegna: holiness is for you and for me.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Father pisegna: i am father cedric pisegna, the host of
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  • "live with passion."
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  • So glad that you tuned in.
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  • I want to talk about what god is doing in your life right now,
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  • And i want to talk about holiness.
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  • God is trying to make us holy.
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  • Let me share with you
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  • 1 peter chapter 1, and it says, "as god
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  • Has called you to be holy, be holy in all your conduct, since
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  • It is written, 'you shall be holy, for i am holy.'"
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  • I was preaching at a church one time, and somebody came up to me
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  • And said, "cedric pisegna, that's a different name.
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  • Is there a saint cedric?"
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  • And i laughed, and i said, "not yet, but there's one in
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  • The making."
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  • And that's exactly what god is doing in my life and in your
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  • Life, too.
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  • He is making us saints.
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  • That word "saint" means a holy one.
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  • In fact, when paul the apostle used to write his churches,
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  • Corinth, or ephesus, or thessalonica, he would say, "to
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  • The saints at corinth," or, "the saints at ephesus," and that
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  • Word "saints" means the holy ones.
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  • I wanted to help you to see that you are a saint.
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  • You're not perfect, i'm not perfect, but we're on the way.
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  • We're in the making.
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  • Christianity is a journey.
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  • It's a pilgrimage.
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  • We go from selfishness to selflessness, and that's what
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  • God is doing in our life right now.
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  • You might be thinking, "what is god doing in my life?
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  • It doesn't feel like god's doing anything."
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  • Well, trust me, god is the potter, and we are the clay, and
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  • He's at work.
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  • Sometimes when i'm reading, or reflecting, or praying, i take
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  • Out a little--i bought this at a store, it's a little lump
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  • Of play-doh.
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  • I'm too left-brained sometimes, that means real logical and
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  • Black and white.
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  • And i want to try to be more balanced and get my right brain
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  • Working, so i'll just take out some play-doh and i'll play
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  • With it.
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  • And i noticed something about play-doh, and by the way, i
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  • Found out that they have adult play-doh now, has different
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  • Scents to it, like cappuccino, some kind of barbecued meat, or
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  • Some kind of flower-type scent, and i'll take that play-doh, and
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  • At first when i take it out, it's very hard, but after i play
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  • With it a little bit, and work with a little bit, it gets soft.
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  • And that's exactly what god is doing in our life right now.
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  • He's working, and moving, and at work in our life, trying to
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  • Soften our hearts, and make us holy.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Father pisegna: i must let you know that god is at work in you
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  • And in me to make us holy.
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  • You might be thinking, "well, holiness, what is that?"
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  • Might have this idea of somebody in a chapel, praying for hours
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  • On end, they're a holy person.
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  • Well yeah, they are.
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  • That word "holiness" means to be set apart.
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  • Isaiah has this vision, this grand vision of god in the
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  • Temple, and he sees the lord, and glorious, lifted up, full of
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  • Light and glory.
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  • And the angels all around the throne are saying, "holy, holy,
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  • Holy is the lord of hosts."
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  • If you're catholic, at mass we pronounce those words during
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  • The mass.
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  • "holy, holy, holy is the lord of hosts."
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  • That means that god is separated from evil.
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  • At its root essence, that's what the word "holiness" means, to be
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  • Separated from evil.
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  • So, for us to become holy, we must be separated from idols,
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  • From sin, from the seven deadly sins, anger, and lust, and envy,
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  • And gluttony, and all those type things.
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  • We remove ourselves from that, from the world, if you will, and
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  • Then the positive side of holiness is virtue.
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  • Now, i'm talking about what holiness is and what our
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  • Call is.
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  • And every one of us has a call to be holy.
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  • Virtue, let's talk about that for a moment.
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  • God appears to moses, and he said, "i am the lord, a god
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  • Gracious and merciful, slow to anger, rich in kindness."
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  • What is holiness?
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  • Mercy, graciousness, slow to anger, kindness.
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  • That's who god is.
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  • Jesus, let's look at him.
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  • Jesus comes on the scene, and he says, "learn from me all you who
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  • Are burdened and heavy laden, for i am meek and humble of
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  • Heart, gentle, kind, compassionate."
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  • That's the sacred heart of jesus.
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  • That's exactly what and who you and i are called to be.
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  • "be holy because i am holy," says the lord.
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  • "the will of god is your sanctification."
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  • That's a theological word that means--to be sanctified means to
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  • Be made holy.
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  • God's will in your life and my life is to be made holy.
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  • This is the way god is.
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  • This is the way he wants us to be.
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  • I happened to be in rome back in 2003, the beatification of
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  • Mother theresa happened.
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  • Beatification is the final step before canonization.
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  • Canonization is the official term of somebody being made a
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  • Saint in the catholic church.
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  • Mother theresa was canonized later, but i was her
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  • Beatification where she was pronounced a blessing.
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  • I was there with my mother, who is albanian, and by the way,
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  • Mother teresa was albanian.
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  • I'm a quarter albanian, half italian, quarter slovak, and i
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  • Was there with my mother, and a half a million other people.
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  • St peter's square was packed with people, all gathered
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  • Because this woman, this little albanian woman, all wrinkled and
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  • Crinkled, and short, and old, this little albanian woman
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  • Reached out to the poorest of the poor.
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  • She loved everybody, and she was eventually declared a saint.
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  • That's to me what sainthood is, the behavior toward people,
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  • Kindness, mercy, love.
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  • Mother teresa's sainthood, and beatification, and canonization
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  • Is legendary.
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  • But lest you think saints are few and far between, in our
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  • Catholic documents, vatican two and pope francis promulgated an
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  • Apostolic exhortation called "rejoice and be glad
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  • About holiness."
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  • He quoted vatican two which said, "there is a universal call
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  • To holiness."
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  • By the way, that's what catholic means, universal.
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  • A lot of people think, and they're kind of misguided in
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  • Their thoughts on this.
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  • They think that holiness is just for priests, or for sisters, or
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  • For those in religious life, or for a select few that have
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  • Been canonized.
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  • Actually, in the catholic church, thousands of people have
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  • Been canonized.
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  • Saint francis of assisi is my favorite, and saint paul of the
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  • Cross, and saint teresa, and saint catherine of sienna.
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  • There's so many saints.
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  • I'm sure you have your favorite saint, but there is a universal
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  • Call to holiness beyond the canonized saints.
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  • Every one of us, you and me, are invited to become holy.
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  • And as i said, god is at work in us.
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  • God is the potter and we are the clay.
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  • I know that i know that in my life right now, god is trying,
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  • Sometimes with kicking and screaming on my part, trying to
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  • Make me holy.
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  • And again, that has to do with being separated from evil,
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  • Repentance, turning away from the dark side, and growing
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  • In selflessness.
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  • Not selfishness, selflessness.
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  • You are called to holiness within your marriage.
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  • That's where you learn forgiveness, and mercy, and
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  • Kindness, compassion, love for each other.
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  • And there is also a call to the single life.
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  • I've talked about that in other episodes.
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  • You have a call to holiness, a universal call to holiness.
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  • Twenty years ago, my father passed away.
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  • I bear his name, i'm cedric, jr.
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  • He always supported me in everything that i did, whether
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  • It be playing baseball, or golf, or when i finally became a
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  • Priest and started writing books.
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  • He was right there to help me all the time.
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  • Well, when my dad passed away, i didn't know how i was going to
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  • Do it.
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  • I was so used to having my dad there as my counselor and my
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  • Friend, and finally he passed away, and it was my honor and my
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  • Great privilege to have his funeral--preside at his funeral
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  • And celebrate his life.
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  • And get this, it was on all saints day.
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  • In the catholic church, that's november 1st.
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  • He had died a week before, and i actually had my dad's funeral on
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  • All saints day.
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  • That's the day in the catholic church where we try to remember,
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  • Yes, the canonized saints, like mother teresa, and saint john
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  • Paul the second, and saint francis of assisi, st. paul of
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  • The cross, and st. romuald, and as i said, thousands of
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  • Canonized saints.
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  • And it's also the day that we remember probably your mother,
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  • And your father, your grandparents who are praying
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  • For you.
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  • All these different people known to god alone, and to their
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  • Friends, and to the ones that were close to them.
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  • They may not be officially canonized by the church, but
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  • They are saints.
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  • There's this great vision i wanted to tell you about that
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  • Comes in the book of revelation.
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  • It's a vision of the throne of god.
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  • And as i said, isaiah saw god, and said, "holy, holy, holy."
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  • At mass, we proclaim that, as i said, but in this vision around
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  • The throne and before the throne, there are millions,
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  • Millions of people.
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  • John, the angel are talking about this as john, in the book
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  • Of revelation, sees this vision.
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  • And john sees all these people before the throne of god, and he
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  • Says, "who are these people?"
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  • And the angel said, "they're the ones that have come out of the
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  • Great tribulation, and they've washed," i want you to get this,
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  • "they've washed their robes in the blood of the lamb."
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  • Oh, that's so good.
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  • And they were innumerable, nobody could count them.
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  • So, that's the point that i want to try to impress upon you, that
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  • Holiness is universal.
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  • It's not just for the religious people, it's for you and for me.
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  • It's for married people, single people, religious people, it's a
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  • Call for everybody.
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  • And by the way, while i'm still on the subject of all these
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  • People being before the throne of god, the reason they were
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  • Able to be before the throne of god, as the angel said, they
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  • Washed their robes white in the blood of the lamb.
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  • When i talk about becoming holy, and being virtuous, and
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  • Separated from evil, that is god's will for us, but that is
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  • Not what saves us.
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  • What saves us or brings us before the throne of god as
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  • Right with god is jesus's death for us on the cross.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Father pisegna: we are made holy, if you will, we are made
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  • Right before god by the blood of the lamb.
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  • If we truly believe, we will allow god's power to work in us,
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  • And that power is the holy spirit.
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  • Notice who it is.
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  • The holy spirit, the one separated from evil.
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  • The spirit that has the spirit of god, that has the virtue,
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  • Such as knowledge, and understanding, and wisdom,
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  • Fortitude, piety, the fear of the lord, love, peace, and joy,
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  • The fruit of the holy spirit.
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  • And the spirit comes to work in us, to mold us and shape us.
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  • God is the potter, and we're the clay, so that when we finally do
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  • Die, we will be ready.
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  • Well, this glorious vision, and we read that on all saints day.
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  • I have this funeral for my dad on all saints day, and i don't
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  • Think it was a coincidence that i had the funeral for my dad on
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  • All saints day in the catholic church.
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  • It was a week after he had passed, and it was the right
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  • Time to have it, but it wasn't a coincidence, because dad may not
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  • Have been canonized by the church, and there probably
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  • Wasn't a whole lot of people that thought he was a saint,
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  • Simply because they didn't know him, but i knew my dad.
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  • He was married for 54 years to my mom, always faithful, and he
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  • Lived a simple life as a carpenter, raised three of us
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  • Children, i have two older sisters.
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  • I said he was a carpenter, he built the house, the very house
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  • That we lived in.
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  • To me, being faithful, providing for your family, working hard,
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  • Being determined, trying to help others, i know he was a very
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  • Generous person to me and to others, that's the stuff
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  • Of holiness.
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  • Holiness is not out there somewhere that you can't grasp
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  • It, it's living your vocation well.
  • 00:14:40.429 --> 00:14:45.234
  • This series is called "be your best."
  • 00:14:45.234 --> 00:14:49.705
  • You cannot be who god created you to be without becoming holy.
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  • I want you to be your best.
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  • I want you to strive for holiness.
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  • I want you to become all that you can be, and it means
  • 00:15:01.517 --> 00:15:05.120
  • Realizing your potential on a professional level, but it also
  • 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.425
  • Means becoming all that you can be when it comes to being
  • 00:15:09.425 --> 00:15:14.296
  • Like christ.
  • 00:15:14.296 --> 00:15:16.966
  • "be holy, for i am holy," god says.
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  • We'll talk more about holiness here.
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  • As i said, in the book of revelation, we're told that the
  • 00:15:23.205 --> 00:15:26.675
  • Saved are standing before the throne of god, the holy ones,
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  • Because they're washed in the blood of the lamb.
  • 00:15:31.780 --> 00:15:35.050
  • Now, at vatican two, we were told that there's a universal
  • 00:15:35.050 --> 00:15:39.288
  • Call to holiness.
  • 00:15:39.288 --> 00:15:40.889
  • Holiness is for you and me, it's for everybody, and i want you to
  • 00:15:40.889 --> 00:15:44.793
  • Understand that whatever state you're in, whatever your
  • 00:15:44.793 --> 00:15:48.063
  • Vocation is, you are invited to be holy.
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  • Most of you are married, some of you are single, and some of you
  • 00:15:52.735 --> 00:15:55.204
  • Are religious.
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  • What is holiness?
  • 00:15:56.739 --> 00:15:59.341
  • At its root definition, as i said, it means to be separated
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  • From evil.
  • 00:16:03.278 --> 00:16:04.646
  • Is there anything in your life that you're clinging to that you
  • 00:16:04.646 --> 00:16:06.749
  • Know you need to get separated from?
  • 00:16:06.749 --> 00:16:09.918
  • That's why when isaiah saw god, has said, "holy, holy, holy."
  • 00:16:09.918 --> 00:16:13.956
  • God is separated from anything dark or evil, but also, he was
  • 00:16:13.956 --> 00:16:18.861
  • Marveling at god's virtue and god's character.
  • 00:16:18.861 --> 00:16:23.632
  • That's what holiness is, as i've tried to demonstrate.
  • 00:16:23.632 --> 00:16:27.102
  • And holiness is a movement in our life.
  • 00:16:27.102 --> 00:16:31.040
  • I want you to understand that change is incremental.
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  • I tell people all the time, it's not perfection,
  • 00:16:35.044 --> 00:16:37.413
  • It's progression.
  • 00:16:37.413 --> 00:16:40.082
  • It's not all at once, it's not immediate, it's incremental, its
  • 00:16:40.082 --> 00:16:43.919
  • Eventual, if you keep at it.
  • 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:47.289
  • You can't just say, "god, make me holy," and god's zaps it into
  • 00:16:47.289 --> 00:16:51.593
  • You, and all of sudden, you're holy.
  • 00:16:51.593 --> 00:16:53.495
  • It takes time.
  • 00:16:53.495 --> 00:16:55.497
  • It's kind of like a fine wine, you become.
  • 00:16:55.497 --> 00:16:58.500
  • I have this saying in my ministry that i really love.
  • 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:01.136
  • Who you are is god's gift to you, but who you become is your
  • 00:17:01.136 --> 00:17:06.241
  • Gift to god.
  • 00:17:06.241 --> 00:17:07.843
  • And i talk about becoming in many different levels.
  • 00:17:07.843 --> 00:17:10.746
  • You become in your relationship to god.
  • 00:17:10.746 --> 00:17:13.749
  • You become in your professional life, striving for
  • 00:17:13.749 --> 00:17:17.553
  • Your potential.
  • 00:17:17.553 --> 00:17:19.388
  • But you also become when it comes to holiness and departing
  • 00:17:19.388 --> 00:17:24.693
  • From evil, becoming as virtuous as you can be.
  • 00:17:24.693 --> 00:17:29.098
  • We had an election recently in the united states, and there was
  • 00:17:29.098 --> 00:17:32.201
  • A lot of anger, we had a pandemic, and there was a lot of
  • 00:17:32.201 --> 00:17:35.671
  • Frustration, a lot of fear, people are frazzled, and upset,
  • 00:17:35.671 --> 00:17:41.009
  • And going through hard times.
  • 00:17:41.009 --> 00:17:43.512
  • And i heard this saying that i really like.
  • 00:17:43.512 --> 00:17:47.449
  • Someone once said be kind to everyone you meet, because
  • 00:17:47.449 --> 00:17:52.054
  • Everyone you meet is going through a hard battle.
  • 00:17:52.054 --> 00:17:57.826
  • It's so true.
  • 00:17:57.826 --> 00:17:59.595
  • Kindness, gentleness, compassion, generosity, your
  • 00:17:59.595 --> 00:18:07.069
  • Behavior toward others, your behaviors towards yourself,
  • 00:18:07.069 --> 00:18:11.707
  • That's what god is after in our life.
  • 00:18:11.707 --> 00:18:14.109
  • That's what holiness is all about.
  • 00:18:14.109 --> 00:18:16.912
  • And why should we become holy?
  • 00:18:16.912 --> 00:18:19.014
  • First of all, because that's the way god is.
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  • That's the way jesus is.
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  • And if we are to be his children, we must be like god.
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  • We must become like god, like jesus.
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  • That is our lifelong call.
  • 00:18:29.158 --> 00:18:32.861
  • I've already demonstrated to you that right from the scriptures,
  • 00:18:32.861 --> 00:18:35.864
  • Holiness is the will of god for us.
  • 00:18:35.864 --> 00:18:38.901
  • The will of god is our sanctification, that's 1
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  • Thessalonians 4:3.
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  • And then we must be holy, because holiness leads to life
  • 00:18:44.873 --> 00:18:51.647
  • In heaven.
  • 00:18:51.647 --> 00:18:53.115
  • That's why we become holy, so that we can live forever
  • 00:18:53.115 --> 00:18:56.718
  • In heaven.
  • 00:18:56.718 --> 00:18:58.053
  • And i told you it's because of the blood of christ.
  • 00:18:58.053 --> 00:19:03.158
  • It's because he died for us on the cross, and our faith in him,
  • 00:19:03.158 --> 00:19:06.728
  • That we are able to stand before god at the end of time.
  • 00:19:06.728 --> 00:19:10.299
  • But if we truly believe, we will allow the power of the holy
  • 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:14.803
  • Spirit to work in us, to mold us, and shape us, and get us
  • 00:19:14.803 --> 00:19:18.707
  • Ready for that great beatific vision.
  • 00:19:18.707 --> 00:19:22.110
  • If you remember jesus's teaching, he taught a lot about
  • 00:19:22.110 --> 00:19:25.314
  • Holiness, and i remember the sermon on the mount, he taught
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  • About the beatitudes, it is the gospel that we proclaim on all
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  • Saints day.
  • 00:19:33.655 --> 00:19:35.691
  • And you'll hear jesus say things like this.
  • 00:19:35.691 --> 00:19:38.660
  • "blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
  • 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:42.631
  • Notice, he talks about humility and meekness.
  • 00:19:42.631 --> 00:19:47.436
  • And these are the people who will inherit the earth, the new
  • 00:19:47.436 --> 00:19:50.339
  • Earth, heaven itself.
  • 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:52.641
  • Jesus said, "blessed are you who hunger for god, for you will
  • 00:19:52.641 --> 00:19:57.346
  • Be satisfied.
  • 00:19:57.346 --> 00:19:59.648
  • Blessed are the merciful, for you will obtain mercy.
  • 00:19:59.648 --> 00:20:03.986
  • Blessed are the pure in heart, for you will see god.
  • 00:20:03.986 --> 00:20:08.290
  • And blessed are the peacemakers, for you will be called the sons
  • 00:20:08.290 --> 00:20:11.927
  • And daughters of god."
  • 00:20:11.927 --> 00:20:13.996
  • And what i love about the beatitudes is jesus said,
  • 00:20:13.996 --> 00:20:17.532
  • "rejoice and be glad.
  • 00:20:17.532 --> 00:20:20.002
  • Your reward will be great in heaven."
  • 00:20:20.002 --> 00:20:22.838
  • So, he's inviting us to be peacemakers.
  • 00:20:22.838 --> 00:20:26.308
  • He's inviting us to be merciful.
  • 00:20:26.308 --> 00:20:29.711
  • He's inviting us to be meek and to hunger for god, because the
  • 00:20:29.711 --> 00:20:34.616
  • Result of that will be this amazing beatific vision, and
  • 00:20:34.616 --> 00:20:39.321
  • Heaven itself.
  • 00:20:39.321 --> 00:20:41.323
  • In the scriptures, it talks about what heaven will be like,
  • 00:20:41.323 --> 00:20:43.659
  • And it calls heaven the wedding feast of the lamb.
  • 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:47.496
  • Now, as a catholic priest, i have presided at some weddings.
  • 00:20:47.496 --> 00:20:52.301
  • Most recently, i had a wedding for my cousin, a
  • 00:20:52.301 --> 00:20:55.737
  • Joyous occasion.
  • 00:20:55.737 --> 00:20:57.572
  • We were in boston for that, right on the harbor,
  • 00:20:57.572 --> 00:21:00.042
  • Boston harbor.
  • 00:21:00.042 --> 00:21:01.510
  • Had the wedding at boston college, and the reception was
  • 00:21:01.510 --> 00:21:04.179
  • At the harbor there, at a big hotel.
  • 00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:06.548
  • And i mean, there were all these people there, and there was all
  • 00:21:06.548 --> 00:21:09.384
  • This feasting, and the best music, and joy, and happiness.
  • 00:21:09.384 --> 00:21:13.522
  • That's why the apostolic exhortation that pope francis
  • 00:21:13.522 --> 00:21:16.892
  • Had was called "rejoice and be glad."
  • 00:21:16.892 --> 00:21:19.127
  • And that's exactly what jesus said here in the beatitudes.
  • 00:21:19.127 --> 00:21:22.097
  • Rejoice and be glad, because heaven will be this great
  • 00:21:22.097 --> 00:21:26.301
  • Wedding feast of the lamb, and what does that mean?
  • 00:21:26.301 --> 00:21:29.538
  • There will be, first of all, the reunion with the ones that
  • 00:21:29.538 --> 00:21:31.907
  • We love.
  • 00:21:31.907 --> 00:21:33.508
  • There will be celebrating, feasting, the finest
  • 00:21:33.508 --> 00:21:37.479
  • Choice wines.
  • 00:21:37.479 --> 00:21:38.847
  • Every tear will be wiped away, and death will be no more.
  • 00:21:38.847 --> 00:21:44.519
  • "be holy, for i am holy."
  • 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.089
  • Now, we've all met holy people in our life, and they have
  • 00:21:47.089 --> 00:21:51.026
  • Helped us to be motivated, to strive for holiness even more.
  • 00:21:51.026 --> 00:21:56.064
  • And i know that i know that religious life is sanctifying
  • 00:21:56.064 --> 00:22:01.303
  • Me, or making me holy.
  • 00:22:01.303 --> 00:22:04.039
  • Your vocation, whatever it is, god is working in you.
  • 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.743
  • I talked a little bit about the holy spirit, and i want to go to
  • 00:22:07.743 --> 00:22:10.946
  • That very quickly.
  • 00:22:10.946 --> 00:22:12.547
  • Notice, when we talk about god's spirit, we say the holy spirit,
  • 00:22:12.547 --> 00:22:16.551
  • Separated from evil.
  • 00:22:16.551 --> 00:22:18.053
  • And the great ministry of the holy spirit, the great work of
  • 00:22:18.053 --> 00:22:21.223
  • The holy spirit in you and me is to make us holy.
  • 00:22:21.223 --> 00:22:26.862
  • Sometimes i'll be driving too fast, and i'll hear, "cedric,
  • 00:22:26.862 --> 00:22:29.831
  • Slow down."
  • 00:22:29.831 --> 00:22:31.199
  • Yeah, it's my conscience, but is it just my conscience?
  • 00:22:31.199 --> 00:22:34.069
  • Or i'll be eating too much, and i'll hear, "cedric, stop."
  • 00:22:34.069 --> 00:22:37.873
  • Is that just me, or is that the holy spirit in me?
  • 00:22:37.873 --> 00:22:40.809
  • Somebody will have hurt me and i don't want to forgive them, and
  • 00:22:40.809 --> 00:22:43.078
  • I'll hear, "cedric, you can forgive them."
  • 00:22:43.078 --> 00:22:46.148
  • The holy spirit comes to work in us, and i pray that as you're
  • 00:22:46.148 --> 00:22:51.353
  • Watching this program right now, you will sense the voice of the
  • 00:22:51.353 --> 00:22:53.889
  • Spirit identifying in your life what areas you need to get away
  • 00:22:53.889 --> 00:22:59.361
  • From, and what you need to do to become holy.
  • 00:22:59.361 --> 00:23:04.499
  • And one of the great areas of holiness i've found out from the
  • 00:23:04.499 --> 00:23:07.569
  • Holy spirit is developing our relationship with god in prayer.
  • 00:23:07.569 --> 00:23:11.773
  • That's that whole pious scene.
  • 00:23:11.773 --> 00:23:14.176
  • Piety is one of the gifts of the holy spirit.
  • 00:23:14.176 --> 00:23:17.879
  • It simply means having a right relationship with god, that's
  • 00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:21.883
  • What holiness is.
  • 00:23:21.883 --> 00:23:23.251
  • You become one with god.
  • 00:23:23.251 --> 00:23:26.588
  • You allow god to take over your will, your mind, your body,
  • 00:23:26.588 --> 00:23:32.060
  • Your emotions.
  • 00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:33.428
  • You give yourself to god.
  • 00:23:33.428 --> 00:23:35.430
  • God is the potter and we are the clay.
  • 00:23:35.430 --> 00:23:38.533
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:23:38.533 --> 00:23:48.543
  • Father pisegna: holiness is the great work of god in you and
  • 00:23:48.543 --> 00:23:53.048
  • In me.
  • 00:23:53.048 --> 00:23:54.416
  • There is a universal call to holiness.
  • 00:23:54.416 --> 00:23:57.118
  • It's not just for sisters, or priests, or nuns, or for the
  • 00:23:57.118 --> 00:23:59.921
  • Pope, it's for people in prison, it's for you and me.
  • 00:23:59.921 --> 00:24:06.094
  • And i'm praying for all of you who have watched this program
  • 00:24:06.094 --> 00:24:09.197
  • That you will become saints.
  • 00:24:09.197 --> 00:24:11.700
  • You allow the holy spirit to work in the play-doh of your
  • 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:16.104
  • Heart, to mold you, to shape you, to make you soft, and to
  • 00:24:16.104 --> 00:24:21.076
  • Make you like christ.
  • 00:24:21.076 --> 00:24:23.945
  • May almighty god bless you, the father, the son, and the holy
  • 00:24:23.945 --> 00:24:27.282
  • Spirit, amen.
  • 00:24:27.282 --> 00:24:28.617
  • ♪♪♪
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  • Father pisegna: i got a letter from a woman, and she said, "get
  • 00:24:35.223 --> 00:24:37.759
  • This, every sunday morning, i set my alarm, because i don't
  • 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:41.830
  • Want to miss your program.
  • 00:24:41.830 --> 00:24:43.331
  • I'm so uplifted and surrounded in god's love when i'm listening
  • 00:24:43.331 --> 00:24:46.101
  • To you, it thoroughly touches me."
  • 00:24:46.101 --> 00:24:47.969
  • She sets her alarm for the program.
  • 00:24:47.969 --> 00:24:50.739
  • I wanted to tell you about a book that i wrote, my first
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  • Book ever.
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  • It's got a butterfly on the front, and i love that, because
  • 00:24:54.376 --> 00:24:56.578
  • You know, we go from a--this is what holiness is.
  • 00:24:56.578 --> 00:24:58.647
  • You go from a caterpillar, from evil, to a butterfly,
  • 00:24:58.647 --> 00:25:02.984
  • To holiness.
  • 00:25:02.984 --> 00:25:04.319
  • That's the journey of our life.
  • 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.654
  • It's called "live passionately," and in this book, i talk all
  • 00:25:05.654 --> 00:25:10.392
  • About holiness and how to grow, and what god is doing in us, and
  • 00:25:10.392 --> 00:25:13.995
  • How to become the best that you can be.
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