+ The verse before the gospel today from the Prophet Ezekiel tells us to "cast away from us all the crimes we have committed and to make for ourselves a new heart and a new spirit." This is what Lent is all about: casting away the bad and creating anew. God is more than willing to help us accomplish our goal if we are committed to the project and are willing to try the best we can to become a little friendlier, a little holier, and a little more helpful to one another every day. Even if we have committed grave sins in the past – God tells us in the first reading from the Prophet Isaiah – they may be completely forgiven if we are willing to obey God's law of love wholeheartedly beginning now!
God speaks to us today and says: to the upright I will show my saving power. Let us be among the upright, so that God can save us from what we need saving from! And then let us be grateful that we have been saved!
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