In his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis said that it is precisely in one's sins where we meet Jesus.
He said that in recognizing our sins, we are able to experience Christ's loving forgiveness.
POPE FRANCIS
'This is why the ability to acknowledge our own sins, to acknowledge our misery, to acknowledge what we are and what we are capable of doing or have done is the very door that opens us to the Lordâ??s caress, His forgiveness, to His Word 'Go in peace, your faith has saved you!'.
The Pope concluded his homily saying that those who feel themselves sinners open their hearts in confession and experience the mercy of God.
SUMMARY OF THE POPE'S HOMILY
(Source: Vatican Radio)
'He cannot understand the simple gesture: the simple gestures of the people. Perhaps this man had forgotten how to caress a baby, how to console a grandmother. In his theories, his thoughts, his life of government - because perhaps he was a councilor of the Pharisees â?? he had forgotten the simple gestures of life, the very first things that we all, as newborns, received from our parents.â?
'He only says the word salvation - 'Your faith has saved you' â?? to the woman, who is a sinner. And he says it because she was able to weep for her sins, to confess her sins, to say 'I am a sinner', and admit it to herself. He doesnâ??t say the same to those people, who were not bad people: they simply did not believe themselves to be sinners. Other people were sinners: the tax collectors, prostitutes ... These were the sinners. Jesus says this word - 'You are saved, you are safe - only to those who open their hearts and acknowledge that they are sinners. Salvation only enters our hearts when we open them to the truth of our sins.â?
'This is why the ability to acknowledge our own sins, to acknowledge our misery, to acknowledge what we are and what we are capable of doing or have done is the very door that opens us to the Lordâ??s caress, His forgiveness, to His Word 'Go in peace, your faith has saved you!', because you were brave, you were brave enough to open your heart to the only One who can save you.â?
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