Today's first reading, Hebrews 10: 11-18, speaks about Jesus, who "offered one sacrifice for sins, and [then] took his seat forever at the right hand of God; now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated...."
Those being consecrated, being sanctified, purified, forgiven are you and me! On the cross, Jesus offered His life, once and for all, that we, who believe in Him, serve Him by living just lives, doing good, loving tenderly (compare Micah 6:8) and repent of any wrongdoing, will not suffer eternal death. Jesus, Paul reminds us in this letter to the Hebrews, crowned his covenant with us by putting His "laws [on our] hearts, and...[writing] them upon [our] minds...[Our] sins and [our] evildoing [Jesus remembers] no more. Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin."
What a loving, faithful, caring God! Before His death on the cross and before returning to His Father in heaven at His ascension, Jesus left us the Eucharist, His body and blood, soul and divinity, as food for our journey. He is with us always until the end of the world! God walks beside us, holding us by the right hand, protecting us from evil, strengthening us in our weakness, enlightening us in our darkness and comforting us in our sorrow. He never abandons us in good times or bad! We are his and we belong to Him through our baptisms into Christ Jesus!
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