A Holy Nation, God’s Own People

By: Gianni FerraraDamian HenryAntonio JimenezSophia Stephenson

How can we be holy?

•What is holy?

•Who is holy?

•How can we achieve holiness?

Beholding the Vision of God

• St. Irenaeus, the Bishop of Lyons and Father of the Church, described a holy person in a special way: "The glory of God is the human person fully alive; and to be fully alive is to behold the Vision of God

Holiness and Fullness of Life

• What is piety?

• Sanctifying Grace

• Wholeness and Holiness

• Mary as a role model

A Holy Church of Saints and Sinners

• What leads us away from sin?

• What brings us toward God?

• The church is holy.

• Returning to God.

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A Holy Church of Saints and Sinners

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• Saints and Sinners

• C. S. Lewis' References

The Communion of the Saints

• An unbreakable bond with the faithful, living and dead.– We can all pray for each other

• The Church is a Communion of the Saints • Prayer and the Saints

– We do not 'pray to’ the saints• Canonization process

– How people become saints

The canonization process

A candidate is proposed to

the local bishop

Person reviewed by the

Congregation for the Cause of

Saints

The verification of

a miracle

Person becomes ‘blessed’

Person declared a

saint

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The Communion of the Saints (cont.)

• St. Paul's image of running a race– Signifies our call to strive for holiness.

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The End!