08/27/2026
Jesus became man for several reasons: In order to save us by reconciling us with God, so that we might know God's love, to be our model of holiness and to make us partakers of the divine nature.
Humankind needed to be reconciled with God after the original sin of Adam and Eve and the personal sins humans commit. Jesus brought about this reconciliation.
His life, death and resurrection (what we call "the Paschal Mystery") testify to the great love that God has for us, and so do creation, his continued presence in the Church, the sacraments -- especially the Eucharist -- and his promise to come again at the end of the world.
Jesus invites us to be holy by imitating him. In so doing, we reflect God's holiness and witness to Trinitarian love. By sharing in God's divine nature through sanctifying grace, we become holy. Great saints and ordinary holy people -- fathers, mothers, friends -- through the ages testify to the holiness that God shares with those who love him.
