Simply bask in the fact that God loves you. Your sin, your past temptations, your present struggles, none of them can change the fact that God loves you. He’s loved you from the beginning, and he will always love you. You are his son or daughter. Christ compassionately weeps when he sees us in sin because he loves us. He is always present and desires to enter the temple of our hearts and cleanse it of the robbers who wish to cause us harm.

Questions for us to ponder:

1. Am I honest with myself about my temptations and the vices in my life? How am doing at truthfully acknowledging my thoughts, feelings, and desires (even if they are not all holy)?
2. Do I honestly relate my struggles and temptations to the Lord? Are there areas of temptation that I struggle to be honest about?
3. How do I feel loved by God? What are signs of his love for me?
4. What prevents me from responding to his love?
   

Today’s readings can be found here: https://ususantiquior.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/propers-for-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost.pdf

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(9th Sunday after Pentecost, Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite)