Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own
town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When
Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are
forgiven.” At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is
blaspheming.” Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, “Why do you harbor
evil thoughts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,
‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins”– he then said to the paralytic, “Rise, pick up your
stretcher, and go home.” He rose and went home. When the crowds saw this
they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to
men.
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Reflection:
Can we obtain the same forgiveness which Jesus gave to the paralytic?
Yes we can! The same forgiveness is given to us by the priest who
acts in Persona Christi (In the Person of Christ) the moment we humbly submit
ourselves to the Sacrament of Confession. However, the sad part is this: Not
everyone is aware of this grace of forgiveness!
If only they have an awareness of the grace that is given to us by Jesus
when we submit ourselves to this sacrament. They would not think twice to
humbly submit to this healing Sacrament.
A large part of the blame why not everyone is educated about this
sacrament lies in us who know the enormous gift of the Sacrament of Confession.
Because we don’t bother to share what we know and we don’t live and pay forward
the grace that we receive from Jesus through this sacrament.
It’s never too late to repent, it’s never too late to ask God to heal us
of our many sickness caused by our sinfulness. Let us go and humbly submit
ourselves to this healing sacrament and let us not also forget to share the
grace that we have received from this healing Sacrament.
Will you humbly submit yourself to this healing Sacrament today or
perhaps in the coming days? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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