Mother Teresa attended a prayer session conducted by Father Sebastian Champanil, a Salesian priest. She requested him to preach a retreat to the MC sisters. Fr Sebastian told her, “Mother, I am not a scholar.” Mother said, “I am not looking for scholars. I am looking for holy people.” Fr Sebastian objected, “Mother, I am not a holy person to preach to the sisters.” Mother Teresa replied, “Then, become holy!” All that Fr Sebastian could do was to give her a smile of surrender.
What can we do to become holy? Here are steps we need to take.
- Be Your True Self
Thomas Merton said, “For me, to be a saint means to be myself.”
What did he mean? He says that we need to make a distinction between our “true self” and the “false self.”
We may say that the “false self” is made up of two aspects—the roles we play in life and the image we present to others.
Fr Jose Kuttianimattathil SDB
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