Monday, January 28, 2008

The Promise and the Fulfillment

"I will prove my holiness through you …. I will pour clean water on you and wash away all your sins. I will give you a new spirit within you, says the Lord." (Ezekiel 36: 23-26)

This is a great promise. Let it be done to me, Father, according to your word.

Through Baptism, God poured clean water over us and washed away our sins. Through the sacrament of Reconciliation, he continues to maintain us free from sin and the attachment to sin. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is like a house-cleaning agent.

God's promise to give us a new spirit was first fulfilled at Pentecost and then at our Confirmation.

 

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