“God’s invitation to live out or individual vocations is part of what makes the world so marvelously rich. “How gloriously different are the saints” wrote C.S. Lewis. The problem comes when we begin to believe that we have to be someone else to be holy. We use someone else’s ways to heaven when God has already planted in our soul all the directions we need. In that way, we ignore or own call to sanctity. When admirers used to visit Calcutta to see Mother Teresa, she would tell them “find your own Calcutta”. In other words, bloom where you are planted. Discover sanctity in your own life.”

Excerpt from Becoming Who You Are – Insights on the true self from Thomas Merton and other saints. By James Martine, SJ.

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