Welcome to the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast. On today's podcast, a reflection on the universal call to holiness.

Father Peter Armenio, a priest of Opus Day, guides us in our prayer to see that it is God's will for us to become saints.

Reflecting on the example of the saints, in the Catholic Church's tradition of canonizing saints,

he points out the importance of recognizing our own call to holiness and sainthood.

Lastly, we learn how genuine holiness overflows to fill the hearts and souls of others with its superabundance.

With your permission, Lord Jesus Christ, truly present with us in the Blessed Sacrament.

Our conversation with our Lord strikes at the heart of the Gospel, which is His will for us spelled out in the earliest writing of the New Testament,

his letter to the Thessalonians, this is God's will for you, your sanctification.

The specific topic in the heels of the anniversary of the founding of Opus Day, October 2nd,

and the anniversary of the actual canonization of the founder of Opus Day,

who is now St. Jose Maria. The topic is the meaning of this canonization. It's intimately linked with God's will, that we be saints.

Now let's look at this.

The Holy Spirit is speaking to us constantly, albeit through whispers.

He speaks especially clearly when a follower of Christ is recognized officially by the Catholic Church to be a saint.

And we can't think in merely natural terms or human terms. It's not, well, certain people in the church,

like in the sports arena, make it to the All-Star status or to the Hall of Fame. This is our version of the Hall of Famers,

those men and women who have been recognized as

spiritual all-stars.

It's kind of a that-a-boy

that the Catholic Church gives to an individual who has been stellar in living the gospel.

It's way beyond that.

There are many saints who have the capacity to be canonized, but the church can't canonize everyone, because that's

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