The House that God Built

The house that God built is you, but we don't always maintain the appearance of his original beauty of the heart. God knows very well we sin and in some cases we sin frequently. And his most powerful, the most loving of all gifts, our free will can sometimes be the weapon that destroys the very beauty of our heart .

And with that free will, we make our choices. God's choice is holiness, which protects our heart from the elements of sin, maintaining its spiritual beauty .

And, we might ask, why is it so important to be holy? God tells us, “Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy".

And, to go deeper, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you”. If we want God to be with us, to hear our prayers, to help us, then we must have a temple that is pure, a place for the Holy Spirit to call his tabernacle, his home. That is our heart.

The purest of any tabernacle that Jesus ever lived was the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, born without any blemish of sin. And that’s what Jesus is telling us, to become perfect just as he is perfect. To become like Mary, improve in our holiness every day.