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4 Indeed, before you the whole universe is as a grain from a balance, or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth.
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But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook the sins of men that they may repent.
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For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned.
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And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?
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But you spare all things, because they are yours, O LORD and lover of souls,
Chapter 12
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for your imperishable spirit is in all things!
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Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O LORD!
My comment:
Today (11/3/2013) I heard this Bible reading at Mass, and I must confess that shortly before Mass began, I read it. And I was amazed. In such beautiful, poetic words, a God is revealed to us who loves us so much that he says here, "He did not hesitate to create us; He loved us from the beginning despite our transgressions, our sins." The reading says that we are but a drop of dew, or a grain of dust in God's eyes. He sees in us what we can be, for He created us in His image, and that is why He only rebukes us as a father does his children, so that we may be converted, repentant, and return to Him, as that image in which He created us, which is perfected in Christ Jesus, true God and true man. Jesus shows us this compassionate God, for He came to "heal" sinners, to give us a new life, a new way of living, of seeing the world, and our fellow human beings. He is the image of God, of a love that takes pity on all and desires the salvation of all, who allows us to fall to help us rise and show us a safer path that will prevent us from stumbling. A path that runs hand in hand with Jesus.
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