Everyday holiness

Jesus’ teaching is that holiness is not to be found apart from everyday life, not in retreat or separation from the world, but in our normal, day-to-day living alongside other people.  He gives no instructions on how to live other than loving, forgiving and repenting.  It is the simplest and clearest way there is, yet following it consistently, the most demanding.  We are, however, not asked to succeed; we are asked to try.