Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031012.cfm
It is easy for us to become blind like the scribes and Pharisees and to think we have it all together spiritually and morally speaking. It is easy for us to think of God as harsh and as one who only associates with those who are without sin.
The truth is, we are like the younger son (who represents the tax collectors and sinners) in the parable in today's Gospel, because we are sinners. On many occasions, we have taken the good things God, in his generosity and love, has given us, and used them to indulge in evil.
At the same time, we have also experienced the grace of God allowing us to hit rock bottom, opening our eyes so that we come to our senses, and leading us back to God with a broken heart and total confidence in his mercy. In these times, we have felt God's embrace and compassion as he rejoiced at our return.
So now, in gratitude for God's deep compassion and love, we sit, as one of the tax collectors and sinners, at the feet of Jesus to listen to him.
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