Thoughts on Holy Moments

We've been talking about Holy Moments and creating more Holy Moments today than yesterday—or creating more Holy Moments this week than last week. One of the things about Holy Moments is they're really attractive, and they differentiate us from the culture—from the world. And that's part of the incredible power of these Holy Moments. You go out there, you create a Holy Moment.

Let's remind ourselves what a Holy Moment is: it's a moment where you set aside self-interest, where you set aside what you feel like doing, where you have a little conversation with God and you say to God, “All right God, what do you want me to do in this moment?” And then you do exactly what you feel God is calling you to do in that moment. That's a Holy Moment. And Holy Moments tend to be filled with kindness and love and generosity and patience and thoughtfulness and courage. Holy Moments are filled with these things, and so, they're incredibly attractive.

Now the first time someone sees a Holy Moment, they might just think, “Oh, that's a bit different.” But if they see it over and over and over again, what do they realize? They realize, Wow, this is part of who this person is.

Holy Moments: they help us to grow in virtue; they help us to grow in character; they help us to become a-better-version-of-ourselves; they help us to become the person God created us to be—and that's a beautiful path. And you create enough of them, people say: “Wow, she's got something I don't have”; “He's got something. I want what he's got.”

That's how the first Christians did it. That's how they spread across the world at an alarming pace. They didn't rely on promoting Christianity. They used the very, very powerful force of attraction. Christianity's always been about attraction, not promotion.

 Matthew Kelly