Jesus was born into the world to take away sin! This is the most astounding fact of all time. There is no way that mankind could ever take away its own sin: when God is offended only God can make things right. And so God, to make things right with mankind would have to become a man – which he did: in Jesus! Therefore, a God-Man could reconcile humanity once and for all time.
And so the Original sin was taken away – and personal sin could now be forgiven. The only requirement was for mankind to be aware of its sinfulness, confess it and ask for forgiveness. This is where the rub comes in. So very many people think they are sinless. And this is a very grave mistake.
Everyone is a sinner – even after baptism – and everyone is in need of God's tender love, mercy and forgiveness. Everyone needs to confess their sins and ask for forgiveness – on a regular basis. There needs to be a great resurgence in the use of the Sacrament of Penance in the Church. It would calm the sea of turbulence that a great many Catholic people live in.
We are called to be sinless children of God – we are called to see the saving power of God. Let us let God save us and forgive us of our sins – as often as we might reluctantly find ourselves committing them!
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