Remove the transgression

The psalmist in the texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary proclaims the great mercy of God who removes our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west. How do we experience this removal? Perhaps we can recall an encounter like the one between Jesus and Peter from John’s Gospel. Jesus leads and loves Peter through three professions of his love for Jesus. This is the process of healing the three denials of Peter prior to Jesus crucifixion. As Jesus brings Peter back to intimacy with Him, he indicates the mission and the service He needs from Peter. This is to include death at the hands of those who will oppose him. This model of forgiveness and reconciliation is for our use. The power of the indwelling Spirit will be available as we work to transcend the wrongs we have suffered from others.