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Alina

Dzisiejszy dzie� jest bardzo wa�ny dla naszej podr�y w wierze.
Odkrycie faktu , �e wszyscy jeste�my �wi�tymi ju� teraz, jest zar�wno zach�caj�ce jak i przera�aj�ce. Wynika to nie z powodu tego, �e my post�pujemy jak �wi�ci, ale poniewa� Duch Pana Jezusa zamieszka� w nas w chwili naszego chrztu. �ci�lej m�wi�c poprzez chrzest jak m�wi �w. Jan “zostali�my nazwani dzie�mi Bo�ymi” Nie chodzi o por�wnanie czy same s�owa. �w. Pawe� m�wi do cz�onk�w swojej niezdyscyplinowanej wsp�lnoty i nazywa ich “�wi�tymi”nawet w listach w kt�rych karci ich za ich ob�arstwo, egoizm i niemoralno��. On nalega na nich, przypomina im wci�� i na r�ne sposoby “ b�d� tym kim jeste�”
Jasne, gdyby �w. Pawe� zwraca� si� dzisiaj do nas, powiedzia�by dok�adnie to samo.
Nauczono nas, �e �wi�to�� jest czym� co musimy osi�gn��, co mo�emy zdoby� swoim w�asnym wysi�kiem.
Trudno jest popatrze� na siebie samych jak na �wi�tych , nie z powodu naszych zas�ug , ale z powodu tego co otrzymali�my i co nam by�o dane. Wszystko jest �ask�!

Today is an important day for our journey of faith.

It is both encouraging and frightening to discover that all of us are Saints already. That’s not because what we do is holy, but because the Spirit of Jesus dwells in us through our baptism.

It is precisely through baptism that, as St. John tells us, we can “be called children of God”. That’s not just a figure of speech. St. Paul refers to the members of his undisciplined communities as “Saints”, even in letters in which he is scolding them for their gluttony, selfishness and immorality. He urges them, over and over, in one way or another, to “be what you are”.

Clearly, if he were writing to us, he would say exactly the same thing. Holiness, we seem to have learned, is something we achieve, something we can get out of our own effort.

It’s disturbing to confront ourselves as holy not because of our merit, but because of what we received, of what we have been given. All is grace!