Luke 7:44-47
“Do you see this woman?
You gave me no water for my feet
when I entered your house;
but she has washed my feet with her tears
and dried them with her hair.
You didn’t welcome me with a kiss;
but she has not stopped kissing my feet
since she came in.
You provided no oil for my head;
but she has poured perfume on my feet.
This is why, I tell you, her sins,
her many sins are forgiven,
because of her great love.
---- Mine,
All too often you do not see someone because of your blindness, you do not see because you have made a pre-conceived judgement and have such a narrow vision like Simon the Leper, a Pharisee who was unable to see from a nobler and more generous perspective. He could not get past who he thought she was; he could not see her soul. Her courage was greater than the burden of sin that weighed on her soul.
A penitent must approach the Throne of Grace and Mercy with the same attitude of this woman. She came in humility, she was contrite of heart, she had no thought for the people around her who judged her unfavorably, she knew what she wanted and knew who could give it to her. She offered her broken, sinful, contrite heart to God and in return, God who sees all and knows all, recognized what it took for this woman who was a public sinner to brave the cruelty of the self-righteous men who had gathered there in order to come to the only One who could help her begin anew.
Thank You Beloved for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Thank You for the joy and new life we receive each time we approach this awesome Sacrament and encounter the Lord our God of Love, Compassion, and Mercy.
“Do you see this woman?
You gave me no water for my feet
when I entered your house;
but she has washed my feet with her tears
and dried them with her hair.
You didn’t welcome me with a kiss;
but she has not stopped kissing my feet
since she came in.
You provided no oil for my head;
but she has poured perfume on my feet.
This is why, I tell you, her sins,
her many sins are forgiven,
because of her great love.
---- Mine,
All too often you do not see someone because of your blindness, you do not see because you have made a pre-conceived judgement and have such a narrow vision like Simon the Leper, a Pharisee who was unable to see from a nobler and more generous perspective. He could not get past who he thought she was; he could not see her soul. Her courage was greater than the burden of sin that weighed on her soul.
A penitent must approach the Throne of Grace and Mercy with the same attitude of this woman. She came in humility, she was contrite of heart, she had no thought for the people around her who judged her unfavorably, she knew what she wanted and knew who could give it to her. She offered her broken, sinful, contrite heart to God and in return, God who sees all and knows all, recognized what it took for this woman who was a public sinner to brave the cruelty of the self-righteous men who had gathered there in order to come to the only One who could help her begin anew.
Thank You Beloved for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Thank You for the joy and new life we receive each time we approach this awesome Sacrament and encounter the Lord our God of Love, Compassion, and Mercy.
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