The author's exhortation is addressed to us. First of all, we are to wait. The waiting is not to be the passive waiting of someone in an airline terminal, but the alert waiting of someone with an eye on the clock, busy accomplishing a mission. This is the kind of waiting that St. Paul spoke to the Corinthians about last week. It's important for the Christian believer to have correct ideas about holiness and devotion.
Most people associate holiness with very special people and very special activities.
We look on Mother Teresa and the Pope as holy because of their extraordinary dedication to God and to God's people. That's quite correct, but that's only one part of holiness. Most basically, holiness means being like God, and all those who are like God are holy, and we are all like God because we have been made over into the image of Christ in baptism. Holiness is not something that a few people acquire by extraordinary efforts. Holiness is something that we are all given through the generosity of God.