WORSHIPPING

The hour comes and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. (John 4: 23-4)
When you stand praying, forgive… if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11: 25-6)

“And he spoke a parable unto them to this end: that everyone ought to pray always, and not be lax.” (Luke 18: 1)

Watch and pray always. (Luke 22: 36) [These two passages point to the ability to always be in a prayerful or meditative state of Divine Presence.]

The "little virtues" of  patience, humility, gentleness, simplicity, honesty, and hospitality are powerful means for growing holy. All prayer and meditation must lead to action.The motivation with which you perform some action may be far more important and powerful than the action itself.

Freedom is one of the most precious and powerful gifts that God gives you. You are to use that freedom to grow in conformity to God's will.

Intellectual  learning, prayerful reflection, social interaction, work, play and all things creative should be valued as graced by God  and viewed as means for growing into a fully human person.

What it means to be holy?

This is what it means to be holy. It means deserving by our faithfull attitudes being set apart for God’s exclusive use.

“People are impatient, they want a judgment day, they want everything to be finished, they don’t want to have to live with great questions, great unresolved questions. They want God to punish others that they themselves cannot or will not punish. They think they know what justice is. And that is why the old way ( god ) is filled with revenge and anger and repudiation, that people are forced to believe with the threat of death and Hell.”