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The Church is holy because the Holy Spirit (the Sanctifier) lives and dwells in her. On the Feast of Pentecost, Jesus poured out the promise of his Holy Spirit upon the Church and filled her with supernatural life (Acts 2:1-4).
That the church is holy has never been a guarantee that all its members would be holy. To imply otherwise is to do a great disservice to those who are by aligning them with those who are not. Christ is holy but not all Christians are holy. Why? The answer is very simple: Christ is Holiness in perfection.
The Church is therefore holy, though having sinners in her midst, because she herself has no other life but the life of grace. If they live her life, her members are sanctified; if they move away from her life, they fall into sins and disorders that prevent the radiation of her sanctity.
Why is the Catholic Church holy? The Catholic Church is holy because it was founded by Jesus Christ, who is all-holy, and because it teaches, according to the will of Christ, holy doctrines, and provides the means of leading a holy life, thereby giving holy members to every age.
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The Church is holy because Jesus, who founded her, and the Holy Spirit, who dwells in and guides her, are holy. In the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, it explains that “The Church is holy, not because all her members are supposedly holy, but rather because God is holy and is at work in her” (YouCat 132). This is part of the “mystery” of the...
St. Paul wrote in his 1stletter to Timothy, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15). He has given us the Church as the means to obtain the salvation He offers and the sanctification to which we are all called. United with Christ, the Church is sanctified by him; through him and with him she becomes sanctifying. “All the ...
The Church also gives us the saints, ordinary men and women of extraordinary faith, who have lived holy lives, and have been officially recognized by the Church as examples of holiness. But there are many holy people who may never be canonized as saints. Pope Francis, in an addresson All Saints Day, said that “the mark of true holiness is living ea...
As members of the Church, we too are called to be holy. Unfortunately, we rarely see holiness as something attainable for us. Perhaps because it’s unclear what we must do to live holy lives? Does it mean we have to pray all the time and never have any fun? The acronym WWJD stands for What Would Jesus Do. Since Jesus is our model for holiness, it’s ...
The Catechism notes that the Church is one for three reasons: first, because of its source, which is the Holy Trinity, a perfect unity of three divine persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; second, because of its founder, Jesus Christ, who came to reconcile all mankind through the blood of the cross; and third, because of its “soul,” the ...
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Holy: the Church is holy, because it is the Body of Christ with Jesus as the head. This does not mean that all members of the Church are sin free. It means that the Church and...
