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We take Peter’s honest claim to Jesus that he has given up everything and we name the real cost of following Christ. We look to Saint Philip Neri to see how joy, sacrifice, and a serious call to holiness can belong together in a life that feels fully alive. 

• Jesus acknowledges sacrifice rather than minimizing it 
• discipleship as surrender rather than an add-on 
• the “hundredfold” promise alongside “with persecution” 
• Saint Philip Neri as a joyful guide to evangelical joy 
• hidden sacrifice behind joyful holiness through prayer and confession 
• “Be holy because I am holy” as the true goal 
• holiness as becoming fully human with meaning and purpose 

Lord, watch over me. Because without you I cannot be holy. But with you, saints are possible. 

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