St. Paul reminds us in today's first reading, Hebrews 10: 19-25, that "through the Blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have 'a great priest over the house of God,' let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water."
WOW! Jesus opened the door to the sanctuary of heaven for us by being obedient to the Father even unto death.Through His obedience, Jesus destroyed the evil of humankind's disobedience. So on the cross when the good thief turned to Jesus and asked Him to remember him when He returned to His heavenly Kingdom, Jesus said to him: "This day you will be with me in Paradise." Yes, the door to heaven was opened by Jesus' life, death and resurrection for the good thief and for you and me. May we have the wisdom and the courage to recognize, as did the good thief, that we need Jesus' mercy. With the good thief, l let us acknowledge our sinfulness and then ask for Jesus' mercy for ourselves and others on this journey of faith.
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