Do you want to know how to be holy? Do all things well. Bring Jesus to all places. Invite Him to be in all places. Holiness is not fleeing from the world, but transformation of this world. It is knowing that we can transform what is here, but without being transformed. It is knowing that we can leave the mark of Heaven in the life of all those that are around us. This is what it is to be holy: to do well all things and to love. This is the secret of holiness, the truth of a humanity that lives in fullness. Love is all that people seek.

We are those that want to be. We are so to speak, the work of our hands. In each of our choices, we leave a trail of our way to be a person and, therefore, we leave a way to be holy. Tomorrow depends a lot on how we live today. Do not allow life to take you; take life! Do not waste it!

We are going to live with enthusiasm, with joy, but over all with a sense of responsibility.

There exist many persons that think they are living, but in truth, they are pretending. At the same time, many believe that to be holy, they should stop living. No it is not this. The order is Living! Long Live Life! Desire Heaven!

It’s time to stand up and propose a beautiful holiness, presented by the Catholic Church for over two thousand years and it is possible. We are going to sanctify our loved ones, our work, our friendships, our expressions. It is possible! The world and God waits for this from us. Youth is a richness that brings us to discover life as a gift and a task.

You remember the young man of the Gospel that was very rich and one day asked Jesus what he needed to do to gain eternal life? If you want check out his passage in Matthew (19:16-22) He perceived the riches of his youth. He went to Jesus, the Good Teacher, to seek an answer. But the moment of the great decision, he did not have the courage to bet all on Jesus Christ. He left there sad and depressed. He lacked generosity, this impeded his full realization. The youth enclosed himself in his riches becoming selfish.

We cannot waste our youth. We should live it intensely, betting all on Jesus and being people, humans. Always with certainty of what is possible we can be saints in jeans.

(Excerpt of the book “Santos de Calça Jeans” [Saints in Jeans] by Adriano Gonçalves).

Adriano Gonçalves
adriano@geracaophn.com

Adriano is a host of the program Revolução Jesus [Jesus Revolution] which airs Wednesdays at 11:00pm Sao Paulo Time (0200 Thursdays UTC) and airs again at 5:00pm (2000 UTC) on TV Canção Nova This program for teens and young adults that has the goal of bringing the viewer to a profound and determinant encounter with Jesus.

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