Writer's Wednesday -- Matthew Kelly

What is holiness? Holiness is an opportunity.

Every person that comes into your life, every circumstance or

event of your life, is an opportunity to be holy.

Your holiness is measured by how lovingly you respond

to God in the moments of the day.

Most of us recognize that we want to love God.

The problem is that we are inconsistent at grasping the

moments of the day one by one for God.

If we examine ourselves individually the reason we find for our

inconsistent response to God is that our lives of prayer

reflect the same inconsistency.

If we feel like praying we pray and if we don't feel like praying we don't pray.

The problem with this approach is that if we link our love of God

to our selfish feelings

then obviously there is a contradiction, love being selfless.

God calls you not only to prayer but to consistent prayer.

The more consistency you can bring to your prayer life,

the more consistent your response to God will be

in the moments of the day.

-----Matthew Kelly, Mustard Seeds