MONDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT
Mystery of the day: Joyful
Lenten Exercises: Meditatively pray the mystery of the day and give a helping to someone.
Theme: “We have sinned and done wrong.”
"O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and merciful love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances;..." (Daniel 9:4ff.)
The greatest of all the sins is not those sins we may have in mind, rather the act of losing the "sense of sins". Sometimes, this attitude has been part and parcel of us, when we don't care any longer about our relationship with Gid. When we continue to live as if there is no tomorrow. When we think that we are "all-in-all".
In the light of this that, Prophet Daniel exhorts us in the first reading of today to acknowledge our frailty and sinfulness while saying:
"O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and merciful love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances;..." (Daniel 9:4ff.)
The acknowledgement of our iniquities is a sincere step towards true definition of this solemn season of repentance and reconciliation. As Psalm 51 will remind us of God's readiness to reconcile us back to Himself, let us not loose sight of this great opportunity; for our sins are before us day and night.
However, taking cognizance of step we make puts us on the right path of reconciliation with God. We need to make day-to-day self-examinations of our thoughts, words and actions to ascertain how far have we gone?
Finally, dearest in the Lord, let us join the psalmist to plead with God for His mercy upon us.
"O! Lord, do not treat us according to our sins" (cf. Psalm 103:10a)
May His grace be sufficient to us, as we put our trust in Him.
Peace be with you!
Let us pray
O God, who have taught us to chasten our bodies for the healing of our souls, enable us, we pray, to abstain from all sins, and strengthen our hearts to carry out your loving commands. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
© The ARCHIVE 14032022
Amen, thank you fr, more grace to you
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