Sunday, September 16, 2007

Lost, and found.

This Sunday’s readings (Ex 32, 7-11.13-14;1 Tim 1, 12-17; Lk 15, 1-32) bring us face to face with the human condition: we are vulnerable to sin, and we have in fact sinned.

More importantly though, the readings bring us to the awareness of a more fundamental truth, in fact, the only truth that matters: before we have sinned, even when we have sinned, and even in our sinfulness, God has never ever ceased to love us. Since the beginning, God has loved us, and he continues to love us. In God's eyes, even when we have sinned, our value, our worth has never changed.

Sometimes we stumble and fall, stray foolishly like the sheep, get lost in the seduction of others like the coin, or stubbornly rebel like the sons. The constant invitation for us is to rise, and go back to the Father - whose gaze is compassionate, not condescending, whose arms embrace, not strike, whose love gives life and restores our lost sense of self and dignity.


6 comments:

Fr. Willie Jones Ducusin said...

My apologies for the delay. The post should have been in place this morning.

Anonymous said...

no problem fr. as long as have been there..

Anonymous said...

uplifting fr..but in every rise there's a fall, and that is me. most of the time this life of mine gets weak and succumbed w/ much pain and grief. bt i am lukin 4ward of rily surpassing thos stuffs that shakes the road where i unexpectedly waks off. i thank u 4 ur blogg entries. rily gud. @ like it..

Anonymous said...

amen to this father! more blog entries sana ...

ellenmayjoyceasacla said...

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Fr. Willie Jones Ducusin said...

God does not count our faults - if he did, who could survive (Ps 130:3)? Our God is a God of genlteness and compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy (Ex 34: 6). Cliche as it may be, but what matters is we rise whenever we fall. And God offers us a hand.