Luke 7: 48 & 50
"Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you, go in peace."
---- Mine,
I want you to look at the incident that ended in Me saying these words, "Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you, go in peace."
When I accepted the invitation to have a meal in the home of Simon the Leper I knew what would occur in the course of that meal. The woman's past was irrelevant once she had come to a decision to turn away from it, when she publicly humbled herself, opening herself to mockery and ridicule, weep in sorrow for her many sins, and make a beautiful, symbolic act of reparation. Oblivious to those around her but came straight to Me, she knew I would look at her with compassion, understand her sorrow and her earnest desire to make a fresh start.
The whole incident is a parable of how the sinner approaches the Throne of Mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and meets Me there when they come with the attitude of this woman. The tears of sorrow with which she washed My Feet, the drying of them with her hair, the kissing of My Feet, and the breaking of the alabaster jar to pour out the expensive and fragrant perfume over them, are an indication of true contrition. They are the steps that the sinner takes toward complete restoration when God embraces the sinners and loves them back home. The words, "Your sins are forgiven, your faith has saved you, go in peace," bring the Sacrament to a close and the soul of the penitent is fragrant once more as it is filled with the grace of God. His sins are remembered no more. This is true peace.
"Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you, go in peace."
---- Mine,
I want you to look at the incident that ended in Me saying these words, "Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you, go in peace."
When I accepted the invitation to have a meal in the home of Simon the Leper I knew what would occur in the course of that meal. The woman's past was irrelevant once she had come to a decision to turn away from it, when she publicly humbled herself, opening herself to mockery and ridicule, weep in sorrow for her many sins, and make a beautiful, symbolic act of reparation. Oblivious to those around her but came straight to Me, she knew I would look at her with compassion, understand her sorrow and her earnest desire to make a fresh start.
The whole incident is a parable of how the sinner approaches the Throne of Mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and meets Me there when they come with the attitude of this woman. The tears of sorrow with which she washed My Feet, the drying of them with her hair, the kissing of My Feet, and the breaking of the alabaster jar to pour out the expensive and fragrant perfume over them, are an indication of true contrition. They are the steps that the sinner takes toward complete restoration when God embraces the sinners and loves them back home. The words, "Your sins are forgiven, your faith has saved you, go in peace," bring the Sacrament to a close and the soul of the penitent is fragrant once more as it is filled with the grace of God. His sins are remembered no more. This is true peace.
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