Hello. I hope you all have a good weekend ahead.
I remember growing up in the “pre – Vatican II Church.” The sermons always had elements of sin and hellfire. Punishment always seemed to find its way into many of the sermons I heard growing up.
Yes, sin is part and parcel of our lives. But if you tell a child that they are always bad, and they should be punished for what they did, how in the world do you think this child will ever develop a good self-image of themselves? Yes, we all sin, but we also have a Father who understands and says that it’s OK to make mistakes so long as we are able to learn from our mistakes.
The spiritual writer, Max Lucado tells us today, “To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sins arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.”
Let us not forget that we have a God who is Father, who understands that He did not make us perfect and that being human is to error, but to learn as we go along our way. And also believe that we have a God who can overlook any of the wrongs we may have done, and at the end of the day tells us, “It’s OK, I still love you a whole bunch!!”
Peace and All Good,
Fr. Vinnie, fcm and the
Bros and Srs of the
Franciscan House of Prayer.
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