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Several years ago I was cutting through the Plaza Mayor of Madrid, Spain. \u00a0I stopped to admire the beautiful buildings and to take some pictures. As I did this, I overheard a conversation happening between two elderly men sitting at a table outside one of the many caf\u00e9s. \u00a0It was a chilly afternoon, both were drinking coffee and wearing a traditional Spanish cap on their heads. One of them stated loudly in a bitter tone, \u201cRepent of what? \u00a0I have nothing to repent of. \u00a0My whole life I haven\u2019t done anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

As I restarted by walk across the magnificent plaza, I considered how fortunate I was that I was not the one having coffee with this man. \u00a0I lie, I didn\u2019t think that. \u00a0I felt compassion for this man. \u00a0His tone of voice and his words provided a glimpse of a hurting and hardened heart. \u00a0A person who believes that he or she does not need to repent is a person who lives in daily torment.<\/p>\n

To think that one has nothing to repent of goes against the heart of the Gospel. \u00a0If we have no need to repent, if I have committed no sins, then what benefit was the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? \u00a0To think one has no faults is to ignore Saint Paul who writes to the Romans, \u201call have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God\u201d and to overlook Saint John who writes \u201cif we say \u2018we are without sin,\u2019 we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The great English writer G.K. Chesterton noted that original sin \u201cis the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.\u201d \u00a0He found that the reality of sin could be verified and validated simply by looking at the history of human beings. \u00a0I find that the reality of sin can be verified and validated simply by looking at our personal story.<\/p>\n

We are called to repentance since we turn away from God by our sins. \u00a0This is why God has given \u201cthe world his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. \u00a0For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lent is a time of repentance. \u00a0Lent is a time to recognize that we have sinned and to be reconciled to God. \u00a0Lent is a time to rejoice in the salvation that God the Father offers us through His Son.<\/p>\n

To recognize our need for repentance is to recognize the truth. \u00a0Not recognizing the truth leads to the torment, bitterness and sadness the man at the caf\u00e9 experienced. \u00a0Recognizing the truth leads to peace, especially the truth that \u201call have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God.\u201d \u00a0 Only by ardently seeking God\u2019s mercy and grace will we find forgiveness and live in peace.<\/p>\n

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