29 March 2025 - Only By Grace Reflections

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Topic: Do I recognize my own shortcomings and seek God's mercy?

First Reading: Hosea 6: 1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 51: 3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab
Verse Before the Gospel: Psalms 95: 8
Gospel: Luke 18: 9-14

Today's parable presents both an opportunity and a warning. Pride leads to self-deception and spiritual blindness. True humility helps us to see ourselves as we truly are in God's eyes, inclining us to seek God's help and mercy. God dwells with the humble of heart who recognize their own sinfulness and acknowledge God's mercy and saving grace. “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit” (Isaiah 57:15). God cannot hear us if we boast and despise others. Do you humbly seek God's mercy and do you show mercy to others, especially those you find difficult to love and to forgive?