I just listened to a Father Mike Schmitz podcast where he touched on our tendency to say “I’m fine”. “Would you like some help?” “I’m fine” “Are you okay?” “I’m fine”. We say “I’m fine” when we deny help and when we are content with our state of suffering.
It’s easy to say “I’m fine” to God’s forgiveness of our sins. It can be easy to think we don’t need to receive this Sacrament of Reconciliation We make excuses to keep God from forgiving our sins. We know that this is an invitation to mercy and grace. We acknowledge the sacrifice Jesus made to give us this gift.
Forgiveness, however, can be impossible when one considers it not important or not essential. There is a way out of this by acknowledging the truth. Instead of saying “I’m fine” to God’s invitation to mercy and grace, must say “God I’m not fine”. We need this sacrament. We must say “Father I am here. I have sinned and I am broken. I need your healing and your help” in order to be changed.
Father Mike offered a challenge to go to confession within eight days. I challenge you to go to confession within the next two weeks.
Apart from our normal time on Saturday’s at 3:30pm, you can search for more confession times in our area through masstimes.org or by searching on other parishes’ websites. In these next two weeks we will be tempted to say “I’m fine” to this opportunity to accept God’s mercy. We will be tempted to make excuses. These weeks will give us the opportunity to examine ourselves and our tendencies to say no to God, but to finally surrender ourselves and our sins to God by receiving the sacrament.
Happy Sunday!
Emma
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