Luke 7:36-50
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner." Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. "Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days' wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?" Simon said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven." He said to him, "You have judged rightly." Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." The others at table said to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
I'm 32 years old. Oddly enough, it's taken me this long to finally not be afraid to look at my faults. It's like avoiding looking at your ATM receipt because you don't want to see how little money you have in your account until payday.
Yet, when you look at the receipt, there is a certain freedom that comes with it.
I know that in my life I want to love God better, but it means looking at the areas in my life that I may have looked past. It's painful to look at the areas of my life where I have failed to follow His ways, and over the past few weeks, I have been haunted with this. Yet, when I take a look at those failures and I think about how God has forgiven me, how can I not be grateful?
I pray that we can all remember that if we brought our sins to the sacrament of reconciliation, God has forgiven us. May His mercy transform our hearts so that we can be free to love Him. Take care and God Bless.
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