Catholicism and Sanctity: Jumping to the Bottom Line, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Nov 30, 2021

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

It is amazing how often people speak and write about Catholicism without remembering the holiness that pulses in the very center of the Church, radiating out from the Eucharist into countless souls. After all, among all those who claim the name Catholic—that is within this entire visible body of redeemed sinners—the only difference that matters is whether they choose to become truly Catholic in response to this Christic grace that is communicated continuously through all the sacraments. The difference that matters, in other words, is whether or not they (and we) become saints.

Recently I discovered two brilliantly simple books that make that essential difference exceedingly clear, in ways that can help any of us along the road to union with God. …

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