Did not Jesus redeem us all? Does He not want that we also be saved? Were we not all in the peripheries of left and right until we assented to allow ourselves to be drawn by Him to the Cross when He was lifted up to that great height? Can we do that if we pretend that we’ve never ever been on the peripheries, that He never had to forgive us, that we were always correct even as we crucified Him? That we were always expert in prayer and fasting and almsgiving?
What does a good son of the Church say? He says:
“Jesus have mercy on me, a sinner.”
And then a good son of the Church says:
“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. My last confession was […]. I accuse myself of the following sins: […].”
That’s what a good son of the Church says. Yep.
A good son of the Church never says: “I’m so holy! I’m without sin!”
“If we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. If we say, ‘We are without sin,’ we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. If we say, ‘We have not sinned,’ we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:7-10nab)
ARISE! LET US BE GOING! 