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<\/p>\n” \u2026Her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love.
\nBut the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little\u2026”<\/p>\n
The word \u201csin\u201d is not popular these days. If used, it is usually softened with an indulgent smile or gentle self-mockery. \u201cI have my little sins..\u201d We try to make light of it, too. \u201cIs it a sin, really?\u201d We live in times of great confusion when serious sins are often presented as \u201cnormal behavior\u201d and (objectively) small misdeeds are stigmatized as acts of utter degradation.<\/p>\n
Even 30-40 years ago premarital cohabitation of two young individuals of opposite sex was not socially accepted. Parents and friends of such a couple would remonstrate with them and quite a few stern words would be said in the process. There would be some degree of social ostracism involved as well \u2013 enough to let the culprits know that they have crossed the line, that they are \u201cin the red\u201d, that they should either separate or marry. Those messages were of mixed nature: a bit of cold shoulder, fewer invitations to\u00a0 various family events, a few \u201cserious talks\u201d, and always an offer of help.<\/p>\n
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Over the past century things have drastically changed. I have quite a few friends whose grown children have lived in common-law unions for quite a few years now and even have children. Not a hoot about tying the knot. \u201cOh, how I wish they would marry. Both had been baptised Catholic and used to go to church\u201d I hear. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you talk to them about it?\u201d I venture. \u201cHow can I? It is their private matter, and they are adults\u201d. Oh, yes, you can, my friend.\u00a0 Even more, you must. These young people are in danger of losing their eternal life and the fact that they are professionals, nice and well spoken, that they volunteer in various organizations does not change much in that respect. They have not married, so they do not baptise their children \u2013 the whole young family is adrift away from Christ.<\/p>\n
We do not sin alone. We sin surrounded by loving family and good friends. How many times are we reminded by all the good people around us that smoking kills \u2013 if we smoke, or that eating too much leads to morbid obesity \u2013 if we eat too much? How often the concerned family members tell us to remember to recycle \u2013 if we throw a plastic bottle into a general garbage can?
\nYet none of these well-meaning people will tell remind us to go to Mass on Sunday, to go to confession or to break a sinful relation. We have been brainwashed to believe that we are not our \u201cbrother\u2019s keepers\u201d<\/p>\n
Healthy and slim, full of concern for Mother Earth we merrily jog to Hell.
\nThe \u201csinful woman\u201d who washed Jesus\u2019 feet with her tears and kissed them with such great love that \u201cher great sins have been forgiven\u201d would never even considered seeking Jesus out and beg His mercy if she had not known her sins to be an offence to God. Had she lived in Sodom and Gomorrah, she would have considered her behavior as normal \u2013 and she would have perished with these cities.<\/p>\n
In many ways, even if snubbed by Pharisees \u2013 she was in a better situation than many of us. \u201cHer sins stood before her eyes\u201d and thus, when Jesus came to her\u00a0 with His love and forgiveness, she was able to notice how much she needed Him.<\/p>\n
” \u2026Her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little\u2026” The word \u201csin\u201d is not popular these days. If used, it is usually softened with an indulgent smile or gentle self-mockery. \u201cI have my little sins..\u201d We try to make light of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n