if your brother sins

 

Monday, November 07, 2011  Weekday

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: Wisdom 1:1-7 Psalm 139:1-10 Luke 17:1-6

Luke 17:3  Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;

 

Jesus has a way of putting things so simply that you wonder why we ever get all tangled up around these issues.  It seems there is always a struggle regarding how to treat people when they sin.  We want to be tolerant.  We want to be gracious.  We want to be caring.  But Jesus is all these and he tells us how to do it.  If a brother sins, rebuke him, if he repents, forgive him.  Period, end of story.  Is it that complicated?

 

Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to clearly deal with sin and to be obedient to your will.

Amen