I chose to focus on the “holy” quality of the Catholic Church that is discussed in the CCC. This quality involves the Catholic Church as a whole, from its traditions, followers, and clergy. In particular, it involves what the is and what it is not. This, at first, was confusing to me. I kept thinking back to how Jesus himself was persecuted by followers of God. I also thought about the issues and scandals that the church has faced over the years. However, as I read more, I began to understand more and it became less confusing. The CCC states that while the Church is “unfailingly holy”, it is not perfect in any way. The phrase I found powerful was “The Church is therefore holy, though having sinners in her midst, because she herself has no other life but the life of grace…. she has the power to free her children through the blood of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit”. When reading this, I began to understand the connection between what we read in the Bible and what the CCC was saying. While the Church (and its followers) are not perfect or free of sin, Christ is “alone holy” and his unification with the Church (that is sanctified through him” makes the church holy despite its imperfections.
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Emma Ackerley 
I chose to focus on the quality “one”, so reading your article was very interesting to me. You did a great job breaking down the meaning of holy to you. I was able to follow your journey of confusion and then understanding of the Church’s holiness, and that this holiness is possible even in the presence of sin.
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I also chose to write about the quality of the church being holy, and I had a lot of the same thoughts as you. I found it interesting how the Church is only given its holy quality through the sacrifice of Jesus, and this gives the Church the ability to guide sinners toward salvation. I think you summed it up perfectly at the end when you remarked that the Church is still full of sinners, but we can hope to be freed through the unification the Church has to God.
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