03/01/2021

I always find it difficult when I am told that Jesus came to abolish sin. I know that the world in which I live and the Church in which I want to believe is full of sinful men and has been ever since Adam and the Church's foundation  by Jesus.

I know that I too am full of sin and the rememberance of sin.

We must purify ourselves to be the adopted children; purify ourselves from sin. What can it mean when John says that Jesus came to abolish sin and at the same time wants us to purify ourselves from sin?

It seems to me that it must mean that Jesus came to destroy the power of sin and that we now have a world and Church in which to be without sin is not only possible but incumbent upon us. We have the abundance that is God's Mercy to turn to when we are attacked by the Evil which is now powerless before God but still tries to draw our freedom into his emptiness.

Dear Lord may I be without sin this day. May I know true thankfulness for your great mercies and may your Mother and all your saints support me, my family and all mankind.