Good, Better, Best - Never Let it Rest...

...until the good becomes better and the better becomes best.
-Fr. A. C. Fabian OP

We are called to improve every day. This is a thing I love about the Catholic Church. The Church is a constant reminder that we are never meant to be content with ourselves. We should always accept ourselves as we are, but not to be content - we should always strive to be better.

Something I just read in Matthew Kelly's "Rediscovering Catholicism" which I found to be profound is this, "You cannot become more like Jesus Christ and at the same time stay as you are" (40). Really profound - I had to think about this one for a while. It is completely true - there is no argument. We are all called to become more like Christ at every moment.

This is a great message - brought to you by the Catholic Church! If you are a couch potato, you can do something about that, you don't have to be a couch potato the rest of your life. You have been empowered with the tools of a rational mind, a willpower, and an encouraging community. This goes for any person. We are not doomed to be the same person with the same bad habits and vices for our entire life. And what is more, if we desire to follow Christ (which we are all called to do) we mustn't stay as we are, because he is calling us to follow him! And he wants to help us follow him more than anything else. If we ask for his help, he will give us the grace, the strength, to follow him where he leads.

The reason the Church raises up the Saints is because they did this better that anyone else. They started out just as we all do, as sinners trying to makes heads and tails of this world. But once they got on the right path, they ran toward Christ with all their will every day. Every time they messed up, they got right back up. They tried to better themselves, becoming more like Christ, until the moment of their death. In this way, they are meant to be examples to all of us, for we are all called to be saints!

In case anyone was wondering what we do in the seminary, that is it for the most part. We strive to be the best version of ourselves; to be who God made us to be. We strive to become more like Christ in order that should we be ordained, we can be examples and sources of Christ's love for everyone whom we serve.

St. Monica, pray for us!