Getting Holy

Got Milk?  Got Marist?  The advertising world has clicked on to the little word, "Got"  and it has caught on in big way.  Even we Marists have adopted it:  quick and clever.  As Jesus was praying for his disciples before his death and resurrection, we might boil his prayer down to, "Got Love?"  He was trying to express the infinite love he and the Father have for us based on who they are (LOVE), and on the beauty they see in each one of us, which makes us so loveable that Jesus would become one of us to the point of death, in order to pass on indelibly and eternally this greatest of gifts.  Jesus prays, "consecrate them",  "sanctify them',  perfect them, and make them holy. (Jn 14:6).  He wants the richness of who we are to be fully realized.  And this is to be done in the Truth.  As St. Thomas Aquinas tells us, "It is like saying:  Make them share in my perfection and holiness (sanctity). "
The work of the Holy Spirit is to carry this out in us, to bind us closer to Jesus and the Father. That's what consecration is, that's what sanctification is.    It is for us to choose to let this happen, to work toward this union as a driven college student breaks his back to get the highest GPA he can.  "Getting Holy" is the "business", the goal of our life. Let's "Get with it!."
Bro. Rene