How many times did Our Lord turn away sinners from approaching Him?
How many times should we forgive our brethren?
Recall the father of the prodigal son, for the examples set therin can well be applied here.
These examples cannot be applied here because these examples include admission of guilt, repentance, and a resolution to change and make amends on the parts of the prodigal son and the sinners approaching Our Lord.
The father of the prodigal son did not demand to see changes of his son before welcoming him. The father ran, greeted his son and welcomed him without proof of change or admission of guilt on the son's part.
Above all, charity.
As I wrote earlier:
Our entire Church suffers from the curse of modernism, which is a tool of the devil to destroy souls. The Resistance is a refuge for all who seek the Mass and the Sacraments, for those who desire to do the will of Our Lord through acts of unceasing charity and humility. The priests of the resistance must always foster what Saint Paul wrote to the Corinthians:
Saint Paul To The Corinthians 13:13 … “And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.”
We have the means to fight off these spiritual attacks; through the sacraments, through prayers and many sacrifices. We must turn away from sin, so we may live holy lives, and die happy deaths. We must always strive to be perfect ambassadors for Christ. We should never seek retribution, or permit the spirit of vengeance to cut off the spirit of charity for all, friend or foe. We must not turn others away from the Mass and the Sacraments.
Matthew 5: 11-12 … “Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven.”
Saint Paul to the Romans 12:19-20 … “Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.”
Our Lord is good and merciful, and He shall reign forever. It is our duty to partake of the Mass and the Sacraments as often as possible, to go to confession regularly, to pray and to offer sacrifice. If we ourselves do not do these things, then as Saint Paul said to the Corinthians:
“If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” (Corinthians 13:1)
Let us remember to do the will of God first and foremost, in this life, so we may all be with Him in the next.
“For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord' s. For to this end Christ died and rose again; that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” (Saint Paul To The Romans 14:8-10)
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