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Lectio: Mk 3.22-30                                      

Meditatio: “But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” MK 3.29

Oratio: O God, You are full of compassion and forgiving. But!

I remember Your Son said that there is one sin that is an everlasting sin and will never be forgiven - blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.  This seems to contradict Your willingness to forgive - but it does not because blasphemy against the Holy Spirit means the sinner has hardened his heart against You by attributing Your works to the devil; and to be forgiven requires a person to be open to it and seek it; neither disposition is present is a person who has hardened his heart against You.

Grant that I may always remember God’s all-forgiving nature and if I have the misfortune to sin, to immediately turn to Him and ask for His forgiveness and He will readily give it; and if the sin is mortal, to also receive the sacrament of reconciliation so as to have a sure sign of God’s forgiveness.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what.
God is saying to you

Operatio:  reflect"blasphemes ...Holy Spirit;” blasphemy consists of attributing ti Satan a work or a deed that clearly is the work or deed of God; if it is coupled with a hardness of heart, it is an unforgivable sin because of the disposition  of the sinner. In prayer seek the grace to always have a humble and contrite heart which is always open to our most kind and merciful God.

Tomorrow's reading: Mk 3.31-35