To be his, whether we live or die, means that his love means everything to us, and his love is the primary goal each day. We seek to live in it. And when we fail, when we die to that love a bit, we know that he is there to bring us back.
I think that, growing up, I didn’t understand why we had a sacrament of reconciliation. What was its power, but to celebrate this love, to celebrate this forgiveness that lifts us up – like moms of old, brushing off our knees, kissing our booboos, and getting us up and toddling off again… to try.
It is the cycle of remaining in him – that is the beauty of this sacrament, to remain in him always. To never lose sight of a love that forgives, a love that restores, a love that lifts up.
We’re not looking for an absolute transformation. We’re looking for a transformation of attitude, a transformation of mindset, a transformation of vision, how we see.
You can clamor after all the power in the world, but the only power worth having, the only power worth exercising, is the power of mercy. And it is born of our own experience in God.
--Fr. Patrick Michaels,
Homily, November 6, 2025
Homily, November 6, 2025
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