Holiness! Ugh! It appears to be a sister word to the word Utopia, even more in this time that we are living. Of Course, depending on the concept that you may have of holiness, it can be a utopia. If you believe that to be a saint is to be free of all sin, in part, you forget that only God, Jesus, and Mary are free of all sin.

However, in our Church there are many saints, some over the altars and other thousands unknown; The woman Juanita, who cared for her son already 12 years in bed; Luchito, the farmworker, that worked on the Earth, praising God for creation and with all his work sustained his eight sons and his wife; Marcela, teacher of children with Down’s Syndrome, she is very patient and dedicated, So like them, all can reach for holiness. But for this, we should fight, fight, fight, persevere, persevere, persevere.

Without doubt we fall, we lose our patience, we have to resist temptation, over all when we put ourselves to the goal of erasing whatever defects or sin from our life and we see that one day, two days, we win, but afterwards we fall, we sin. I assure you it is very probably that you may die with these defects, or sin. With this I say to you do not be discouraged, on the contrary, it is do to say: FIght! This life is for fighting. Already Eternal Life will come, where we will be happy, sin will not exist, we will not fight more, but rather we will live to praise God eternally.

God does not condemn you, He knows our weaknesses and limitations. As we are. But take care, this is not to comfort you . . . it is to have patience in this fight. It is the phrase that we pray in the Salve:

“Morning and weeping in this valley of tears” Many times we fall, we lose hope. . . but We get up, continuing the walk, fighting for holiness, it is without doubt, reaching above.

Be encouraged, do not give-up, follow fighting, even more do not give up on God. Do you imagine if Jesus were to get off the Cross? He persisted, through love for your, until death, for He knew that he had to go through this in order to Resurrect and Save us.

God Bless You!
Daniel Galaz

New Song Community, Chile

Translated from Spanish