Holiness is a privilege. We are called to be saints. Contrary of Holiness is Failure and not Sin.
Why should I shy away from the word "I am a saint". This is what I am called to be. Christ’s holiness is mine. Why should I deny it? If I fail to claim it, appropriate it, despite my sinfulness, which is so evidently present in my life, then I am a failure. Why should I fail to own what I have received? Work is not the cause of holiness but its effect. I’ve got to live up to what I am. I have received the gift of Priesthood. Let me make sure that I live up to it. I’ve got to use this gift.
Fr. Siri Oscar Abayaratne.