All Else Confusion

I read so many laments about the state of our clergy these days and how they never talk about sin, etc. that I just had to comment on the homily at yesterday's Mass at St. Paul's Cathedral in Worcester.

Fr. Richard Reidy, rector the Cathedral, gave a great homily about sin...venial sin. He asked us to consider how we became complacent, viewing ourselves as basically good, not committing mortal sins. He spoke of how all sin separates us from Christ, causing dissention, not only within us as a community, but within ourselves as well. He recounted a personal story of when he was in the seminary and reading the works of St. Teresa of Avila. He said that he used to wonder at her works, finding her expressions of love for God and sorrow for sin overdone. But, now that he's grown more in his relationship with Christ, he realizes that she was actually seeing herself more clearly than he sees himself. He noted that after reading St. Teresa, he asked God to be able to see himself as God sees him. As he jokingly said, "Of all the prayers for God to answer!"

I'm blessed to be able to hear Fr. Reidy's homilies on a regular basis at the 10:15 Sunday Mass.