The French writer Charles Peguy once said: “The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. No one understands so well as the sinner what Christianity is about – no one unless it be the saint.” We can understand the position of the saint but may wonder how ordinary, sinful people like ourselves can be said to be at the heart of Christianity. But the readings we’ve heard today may enable us to see things differently. We are sinners whom the risen Lord has looked upon. His look of love and mercy rested upon us when we were baptized; it rests upon us whenever we seek Him in the sacrament of reconciliation; and rests upon us again each time we celebrate the Eucharist. It’s the certainty of forgiveness, fruit of the resurrection, that fills us with the joy of the Gospel.
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