Our Call to Holiness

On Earth, God listens to our prayers Responds to us with love, mercy and compassion Gives us sanctifying grace In Heaven God offers us a new life in heaven, perfect, unending, in the presence of the Trinity Source and fulfillment God is the source of our desire for him and our happiness is complete when we are in Him

Lost Because of original sin, humanity is in need of redemption (the price for our freedom must be paid) Restored Through Jesus’ Incarnation, death and Resurrection we are redeemed. (Jesus paid the price to set us free) He gave his life for ALL This renewed relationship with God brings us joy and happiness. Happiness through the Beatitudes

Children and Heirs We become freely adopted sons and daughters of God Our relationship to each other becomes one of equality among all believers Role of Grace A freely offered gift of God Cannot be earned or deserved Helps us to respond to God’s call in a way that is worthy of a child of God

Share in the Resurrection: When we die with Jesus in Baptism we then also rise with Jesus in his resurrection Promised to everyone (Matthew 20: 1-16) Final Judgment (Matthew 25: 31-46) Heaven Perfect life in the presence and communion of the Trinity The state of supreme, definitive happiness where our deepest longings will be fulfilled Accessible to all people who die in God’s grace and friendship, have been faithful to the divine will and who are perfectly purified Those who need purification will experience cleansing in Purgatory, a place of purification before entering heaven Hell The state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed. Eternal separation from God

To Pray To follow Jesus’ teachings To seek the “Kingdom of God” To ask for forgiveness To focus on love Of God Of neighbor Keep our eye on our ultimate destiny

Luke 11: 1-13 Perfect prayer Perseverance in prayer Matthew 6: 5-14 Hipocrasy

Matthew 5-7 Sermon on the Mount Beatitudes Guide for happiness Beyond the minimum requirements of the Ten commandments Other teachings Marriage and divorce Anger and revenge Fasting, prayer, almsgiving Do it without looking for merits Be humble

A condition of complete surrender to God’s will and a state of love, peace and justice Matthew 13: Hidden treasure, Pearl “Sell all that you have to obtain it” Net Separation of good and bad Old & New Listen to the old and the new Jesus did not come to do away with the old law but to fulfill it

Luke 15 Lost, found, celebration Sheep Coin Person All heaven rejoices when someone who was a sinner repents and returns to God

Matthew 22: Of God Love God above all, with all your soul and all your mind Of neighbor Love your neighbor as you love yourself The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these Two Commandments

Matthew 25: Works of Mercy (pg 184) Corporal Feed the hungry, give drink to thirsty, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, care for the sick, help the imprisoned, bury the dead Spiritual Share knowledge, advise those who need it, comfort the suffering, forgive, correct those who need it, pray for the living and dead Judgment (pg ) Particular Judged in front of God immediately after death Final At the “end of time” Resurrection of the body Glorified body will be reunited with soul. Incorruptible, perfect, immortal