Our reading from Hebrews was one of the most comforting
passages from Scripture while I was in seminary: “Every high priest is taken from among men and
made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for
sins. He is able to deal patiently with
the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and
so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as
well as for the people.”
In
seminary I learned more than ever that I am a sinner, have vices and
weaknesses. As a priest I must
pray for forgiveness and go to Confession before I can forgive others.
This
applies to everyone. Each of us
struggles with sin, vices and weaknesses.
We experience physical and mental ailments, some of which we may be
afraid to share with others. Here
we can take comfort because Jesus experienced the same. He “learned
obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he
became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.”
Jesus
enters into our weakness and sin.
He comes to bring freedom and life in our fallenness. For this we must praise God.
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