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Restoration and Joy through Repentance<\/h1>\n
The author of this Sunday\u2019s psalm (Psalm 51) was probably writing about 600 years before Jesus was born and 1000 years before the season of Lent was fully established within the Church. Nevertheless the writer fully understood the Lenten theme of repentance in the presence of God. He seems to be laying open his guilt rather dramatically: \u201cI have been wicked even from my birth\u201d. Tradition portrays King David as the author of this psalm, giving his meditation after he had acquired another man\u2019s wife and then murdered that man. This would certainly explain an expression of profound guilt . Here is reassurance that all and every sin can be repented of, if we truly have a change of heart and outlook as a result. Our own sins may appear more understandable and forgivable in God\u2019s sight, than the sins that other people commit. But all sin requires repentance, and Jesus points out our tendency to see our brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s speck in their eye, past the log of sin in our own. We take stock of our lives especially during Lent so we can ultimately achieve what the ancient psalmist wished to: Restoration and Joy. We pray for \u201cagain the joy of your salvation\u201d through a return to God\u2019s presence. We yearn for a time when our combined tongues more fully \u201cwill declare your praise\u201d.<\/p>\n
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