Our sinfulness as a fact of life

We should not overreact when faced with this reality of our life.

- Fr. Roy Cimagala

While we will try our best to avoid sin, we know that, given our weaknesses and the many temptations around, it would just be a matter of time before we fall again into sin, if not a big one then at least a small one which can even be more dangerous since it can easily pass unnoticed.

Christ has assured us that he has taken care of everything. Mercy is always available. All we have to do is to go back to him asking for forgiveness as quickly as possible, and minimize the drama that our emotions, still unanimated by our Christian faith, would provoke.

This reassurance of the constant availability of divine mercy has been shown and articulated in many instances in the gospel. The parable of the prodigal son, the mercy given to the woman caught in adultery, and ultimately, Christ bearing all our sins and offering forgiveness to everyone including those who crucified him by offering his life on the cross, speak very eloquently of this reassurance.