There is no joking in the headline for this posting. You have won the biggest lottery ever put before humankind. This is what our Lenten "retreat" is meant to instill in our hearts. During these days of reflection, almsgiving and fasting we have the opportunity to further understand the generosity of the God who created us and the world we live in. Through the suffering and death of his Son, he gives to each of us the gift of complete, total, all-reaching forgiveness. Most likely no human being can fully plumb the depth of what the gift is for us. Our forgiving God does not offer conditional forgiveness. We are not presented with a divine demand to perform redemptive actions.
Today we might bring ourselves to the Holy Spirit with the petition to open our minds and hearts to understand fully what total and complete forgiveness.
