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The Call to Christian Perfection
The Perfect Project exists to help Christians respond to Christ's call: "Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Christian perfection does not mean worldly success, personal flawlessness, or achievement through human effort. It is the perfection of charity: an ever-deepening union with God through love, made possible by His grace.
THE MISSION
What Is The Perfect Project?
The Perfect Project is a practical guide to the interior life and the pursuit of Christian perfection. It brings together the wisdom of Scripture, the saints, and the spiritual tradition of the Catholic Church to help people better understand the path of grace.
The project is built around a simple truth: God calls every person to holiness, but we cannot reach holiness through our own strength. We must learn to receive His grace, cooperate with it, and surrender ourselves more completely to His will.
WITH NO EXCEPTION
Every Christian Is Called to Perfection
“All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2013
The call to perfection is not reserved for priests, religious, mystics, or a small number of extraordinary souls. It belongs to every Christian, regardless of vocation, occupation, responsibilities, or state in life.
Each person's circumstances are different, but the destination is the same: complete union with God through the perfection of love.
GOD'S WORK WITHIN US
Grace Must Be Received
Christian perfection is not something we manufacture for ourselves. It is God's work within the soul. Our responsibility is to respond to Him: to repent, believe, obey, pray, trust in His mercy, and gradually surrender every part of our lives to His will.
The Pipeline of Grace provides a practical way to understand this movement. It illustrates how God draws the soul from the beginning of conversion toward transforming union with Him, while also revealing the places where our response to grace can become obstructed.
THE PROPER ORDER
The Interior Life and the Active Life
The interior life is the life of the soul with God. It grows through prayer, grace, recollection, and an increasing desire to know and follow His will. The active life consists of our visible work and responsibilities: serving our families, fulfilling our vocations, helping others, and completing the duties entrusted to us.
Both are necessary, but they must remain properly ordered. The interior life must guide the active life. As our union with God deepens, our actions become more purposeful, more obedient to His will, and more fruitful.
WHERE TO GO NEXT
Four Ways to Begin
Understand the Path
Learn how the Pipeline of Grace, the Three Ways, the Interior Castle, and the Nine Levels describe the soul's movement toward union with God.
Live the Interior Life
Develop practical habits that properly order prayer, time, silence, judgment, sacrifice, virtue, and daily responsibilities.
Learn to Pray
Use the Chaplet of Perfection, mental prayer, and the wisdom of the saints to deepen your relationship with God.
Examine Your Progress
Use the traditional maps of the spiritual life to recognize where you are, identify obstacles, and take the next faithful step.
BEGIN THE JOURNEY
Begin With the Next Faithful Step
The path to perfection is not traveled all at once. It begins by responding faithfully to the grace God is offering now. Learn the path, examine what may be obstructing grace, deepen your life of prayer, and entrust the work of transformation to Him.