Servant of God, Bishop William Giaquinta wrote extensively on the need for saints. As he saw it, we are all called to be saints. We were created at conception for the purpose for sainthood. From the moment we blink into existance, the Lord God calls us to Himself, to be His children.
No pressure.
The question becomes, “How do we accept this call in the midst of a world gone the way of Babylon?”
Bishop Giaquinta has a few suggestions for us. He outlines them in the Pro Sanctity Decalogue.
Pro Sanctity Decalogue
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Strive for perfection.
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Develop your prayer life.
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Foster your sacramental life.
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Be faithful to the teaching of the Holy Father.
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*Offer daily a consecration to Jesus
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Offer your sufferings in union with Jesus Crucified for the holiness of all persons.
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Each week offer Mass and Communion for the holiness of our priests.
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*Give some of your time to the service of others.
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*Aid charities financially to the best of your ability.
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Invoke Our Blessed Mother to help you live and spread God’s call to holiness.
* prayer suggestions have been generalized to make them more universal.
One of the prayers Bishop Giaquinta wrote has become a favorite daily consecration to the Lord.
Jesus, Divine Master
Jesus, Divine Master, who came down from heaven to give us the abundance of grace, increase it within us and make it become a river that overflows into eternal life.
Of Your free will, You chose the agony of Your passion and death and in the Eucharist You give Yourself as food for all people: help us understand the greatness of such an example.
May the fire of Your love burn away the impurities of our human weakness, and give us the strength to follow Your invitation to the infinite perfection of the Father.
Of faith give us firmness; of charity, zeal; of hope, firm certainty. Give us the desire to be heroic in ever virtue, and the trust to attain holiness with the help of Mary, Your mother and our mother.
Amen.
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