Holiness then doesn’t just mean looking holy or acting holy. Holiness means being authentic, being real, being genuine, being our true self. Not playing a role, being oneself. And that means recognising that we have faults, we’re not perfect, because holiness is not about perfection. It’s not about being a perfect human being. There’s only ever been one perfect human being. So we are never going to be perfect. But we can be ourselves, and that is holiness, and that’s all that God asks us to be. A saint is a unique manifestation of the divine.
Christian Life in the Light of Christian Meditation 2: Holyness by Laurence Freeman OS
