Mystery of the day: Joyful
Lenten Exercises: Meditatively pray the mystery of the day and give a helping to someone today.
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 that sin we may have in mind, rather the act of losing the "sense of sins" is the most serious sin one can think of. Sometimes, this attitude has been part and parcel of us, when we don't care any longer about our relationship with our fellow human not even talking about God. 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 reminds 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?
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)
As long as we pleas for God's mercy we on our part has the onligation to let go the hurt inflicted on us as the gospel.pericloe invited us (cf. Luke 6:36-38). We owe one another forgiveness and mercy, as long as we look u.to.God for these virtues.
Finally, 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
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