We are disciples of Christ, we die to our old life in the waters of baptism,
and we raise to new life in him. Even though we strive toward perfection as disciples of Christ in our journey
of faith, that does not me we still don’t struggle with sin, that we don’t face
temptations on our journey. In his letter to the Romans, Paul acknowledges the reality of sin. He acknowledges that the power of sin is
still active in the world of believers. And I think that is one of the aspects of our Catholic faith that I really
like, that it openly acknowledges this power that sin can have over us even as
we walk as believers. We are called to a cycle of conversion and repentance continuously on our
journey of faith. We are called to
confess our sins, to repent, to do penance and to strive to do better.
In a recent article in America Magazine, Pope Francis was asked: Who is Jorge
Mario Bergoglio? He answered: I am a
sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a
literary genre. I am a sinner. We are all sinners, this is true, but we have the help of God’s grace, which
Paul says is the source of our liberty and our security. It is hard to believe that in near the end of October, which means that
Thanksgiving and Advent are around the corner, as we start our preparations for
the Christmas season. We will be having our Advent Reconciliation Service the first week of Advent,
on Monday, December 2. And we have
reconciliation at St James every Saturday right before the afternoon mass, from
3:00 to 4:00 pm. We ask the Lord to lead us and guide us in our fight against temptation,
against the sins we struggle with in our lives.
Without his help, we cannot do anything.
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