Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021912.cfm
"Thus says the Lord: Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; see I am doing something new....It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more (Is 43:18-19, 25)."
What freedom God gives us in the above passage! He forgives and forgets our sins, and tells us to do the same. He gives us a fresh start, a new beginning. He takes our debt of sin, which we could never pay and which weighs down our life and causes all kinds of problems in soul and body, and forgives it. However, what is free for us is not free for God. In order for him to forgive us, it cost him the death of his Son. He took our debt of sin and nailed it to the cross of Christ, and he applies the merits of that death to us when we sincerely ask him for forgiveness, either directly for venial sins or in the Sacrament of Reconciliation for mortal sins. With this kind of forgiving love, we should feel like we can breathe again.
Our burden has been lifted; let us go forth in gratitude and serve the Lord.
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