For today's readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020316.cfm
We have heard variations of this Gospel reading a couple of times in January. Hearing it so much we are mindful of those times that he inflate ourselves and think ourselves all-powerful, losing sight of the fact that we should be humbled before the presence of our all-might ever-living God the Most High.
The early Christian church was plagued with heresies in which Jesus was considered totally God, or completely man. Even the Jewish people, many of them in Jesus' time took him merely as a prophet. Yet it was revealed to a few, and then to billions of people throughout the last two millennia that this was truly God made manifest. We are called to reflect on our sins and bow down before him in true contrition to ask forgiveness before he turns his back on us as he did those who rejected him at Nazareth. The Lord offers us the opportunity to repent just as he did his servant David. We are given the Sacrament of Reconciliation in which we can be given absolution for our sins and given new life with purity of soul and a clean heart. Let us embrace this Sacrament while we can. We are the Lord's beloved and he wants nothing more than to be in full communion with us.
"Lord, forgive the wrong that I have done." (Today's responsorial psalm.)
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