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Wednesday, June 3, 2009, St. Charles Lwanga, & Companions
Tobit 3:1-11, 16-17, Psalm 25:2-9, Mark 12:18-27
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BURYING SIN
"It is better for me to die." —Tobit 3:6
Tobit was blind, upset with his wife, out of a job, financially strapped,
and misunderstood. He seemed to be a burden on his wife, son, and
everybody else. Tobit thought the best thing for everybody's sake was for
him to die.
Sarah had seen her seven husbands killed by a demon on seven wedding
nights (Tb 3:8). Sarah was obviously an embarrassment and grief to her
parents (see Tb 8:9-10). She was making life miserable for her maids (Tb
3:9). Sarah felt that if she died, it would be a relief for everybody (Tb
3:10).
Both Tobit and Sarah felt that they could take a lot of peoples' problems
down with them to the grave; however, their deaths would have only made
matters worse.
There is one Man Who did absorb all the sins and guilt of all people of
all times. We no longer need to carry a burden of guilt; Jesus has died so
that we can live. "For our sakes God made Him Who did not know sin, to be
sin" (2 Cor 5:21). "In His own body He brought your sins to the cross" (1
Pt 2:24). He took all our sins to the grave with Him "thereby condemning
sin" (Rm 8:3) "so that all of us, dead to sin, could live in accord with
God's will. By His wounds you were healed" (1 Pt 2:24). Thank You, Jesus!
Prayer: Jesus, I cast all my cares on You (1 Pt 5:7).
Promise: "When people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given
in marriage but live like angels in heaven." —Mk 12:25
Praise: St. Charles and his companions, some as young as age thirteen,
lived and died for the sake of Truth — Jesus Christ.
(For a related teaching, order our tape, "Guilt, Guilt Trips, and
Scrupulosity" on audio AV 105-1 or video V-105.)
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