Gospel: Luke 15:3-7
And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.'
I tell you, in just the same way there
will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
righteous people who have no need of repentance."
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God’s love for us is immense and infinite He will do everything to find us and bring us back to His loving embrace. Perhaps many have this notion that because of their sinfulness God has already forgotten them. But no, the more sinful we are the more that God seeks us, the more that we are lost in the jungle of sinfulness the more that He never tires to find us.
In the gospel God left the ninety nine sheep in favor of the one who got lost. He never stopped looking for the lost sheep until He found it. And upon finding it He placed it on His shoulder with great joy. This is the love of God for us, love that is always there for us and love that is ever ready to forget and forgive all of our sinfulness.
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus’ sacred heart is so loving and forgiving. Jesus wants us to radiate the same love and forgiveness also. He wants us to seek those who are lost whomever they may be and whatever sins that they have committed.
So that they too will know that there is a
God who is very eager to forgive and love them notwithstanding their
sinfulness. A God who is ever willing to embrace us again and completely
delete our record of sins. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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