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God's
Infinite Mercy
A missionary on one of the islands was sitting in his cool seaside
hut one day when one of the village women came in, carrying a handful
of dripping sand she had just picked up off the beach.
"Do you know what this is?" she asked. "It looks
like sand," said the missionary. "Do you know why I brought
it here?" she asked. "No. I can’t imagine why,"
the padre answered.
"Well, these are my sins," the women explained. "My
sins are as countless as the sands of the sea. How can I ever obtain
forgiveness for all of them?"
"You got that sand down by the shore, didn’t you?"
said the missionary. "Well, take it back there, and pile it
up into a heaping mound of sand at the water’s edge. Then
you sit back and watch the tide come in and slowly wash away the
pile altogether. That is how God’s forgiveness works."
In Isaiah 1:18 God says to the people: "Now, let’s settle
this matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as
clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as
white as wool."
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH |
Tour
of the Relics of the Passion
(International Center
for Holy Relics)
www.HolyRelics.org
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| REFLECTIONS |
 “Jesus’
Baptism”
Why did Jesus, the sinless one sent from the Father in heaven,
submit himself to John’s baptism? John preached a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke
3:3). In this humble submission we see a foreshadowing of
the “baptism” of Jesus bloody death upon the
cross. Jesus’ baptism is the acceptance and the beginning
of his mission as God’s suffering Servant (Isaiah
52:13-15; 53:1-12). He allowed himself to be numbered among
sinners. Jesus submitted himself entirely to his Father’s
will. Out of love he consented to this baptism of death
for the remission of our sins. Do you know the joy of trust
and submission to God? 
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