Repentance
Today, Jesus calls us to repentance; to a true conversion of the heart, to a deep spiritual renewal. In order to live a life of justice and peace, we need to be reconciled with God and with men.
Lent is the time for us to examine our personal sinfulness, to be truly sorry for them and to ask God for forgiveness; and to start again. God knows our human weaknesses, he is ever so patient to teach us and to wait for us to realise his unfailing love and mercy for us. Just like the parable he shared in today's Gospel (Lk 13:1-9) about the barren fig tree where the man who planted it asked his gardener to cut it down as the tree had not borne any fruit. The gardener pleaded with the man to allow him another year to care and fertilize the tree, so that it may bear fruits.
God always gives us second chances. All he asks is that we repent, change our ways, have the desire to live the Gospel life, and with God's grace, we can bear fruits of goodness... that of love, compassion, forgiveness, charity and joy so that others will be drawn to want to know more about our great and merciful God.
Repentance is the renewal of life. This means we must
free ourselves from all negative traits and turn towards
absolute good. No sin is unforgivable except the sin of
non-repentance.
- Thaddaeus of Vitovnica
Lent is the time for us to examine our personal sinfulness, to be truly sorry for them and to ask God for forgiveness; and to start again. God knows our human weaknesses, he is ever so patient to teach us and to wait for us to realise his unfailing love and mercy for us. Just like the parable he shared in today's Gospel (Lk 13:1-9) about the barren fig tree where the man who planted it asked his gardener to cut it down as the tree had not borne any fruit. The gardener pleaded with the man to allow him another year to care and fertilize the tree, so that it may bear fruits.
God always gives us second chances. All he asks is that we repent, change our ways, have the desire to live the Gospel life, and with God's grace, we can bear fruits of goodness... that of love, compassion, forgiveness, charity and joy so that others will be drawn to want to know more about our great and merciful God.
Repentance is the renewal of life. This means we must
free ourselves from all negative traits and turn towards
absolute good. No sin is unforgivable except the sin of
non-repentance.
- Thaddaeus of Vitovnica
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