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Matthew Kelly wrote in The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity that the Greatest Lie is: “Holiness is not possible.” Many of us were raised with this concept, that since we can’t be holy, Jesus died to make us holy (in the next life). There is some truth in that, but it is also true that God desires holiness now.

For this is the will of God, your holiness… (1 Thessalonians 4.3, ESV, alternate reading)

To those of us who protest that we can’t do what God has clearly commanded, Matthew Kelly offers a proof that is mathematically elegant in its simplicity:

Can you go out tomorrow and create just one Holy Moment? Not a holy life or even a holy day…just one single Holy Moment…A Holy Moment is a moment when you open yourself to God. You make yourself available to him. You set aside what you feel like doing in that moment, and you set aside self-interest, and for one moment you simply do what you prayerfully believe God is calling you to do in that moment. That is a Holy Moment. (Chapter 7)

If we can do one holy moment, we demonstrate that holiness is indeed possible. 

I’ll give a practical example tomorrow! In the meantime, think about it!

But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1.15, 16, ESV)