None of us likes to deliberately sin or live-in sin. Yet we fall into sin daily and struggle with it. Anger, hatred, lust, lies, deception, jealousy and the list goes on. St. Paul tells us why we are so attracted to sin and get stuck in it. He too struggled with his flesh and sin as he pens it down and also illuminates our way to Jesus for the solution and for freedom. In the Gospel today we find Jesus asking the crowds if they cannot read the signs of the time. That question is valid even today. Natural disasters around the world, wars and riots that kill and destroy humanity, and the Covid pandemic. These are true signs that call us to repentance, but we cannot make the whole human population repent for their sins, so we as followers of Jesus must repent for our sins and the sins carried out against the entire creation of God. Let us not ignore these signs, instead let us turn to our Lord Jesus in true repentance.

Prayer: Abba Father, I repent for my sins towards others and towards your creation. Fill me with your Holy Spirit to live this day pleasing to you – Amen.