Episode Transcript
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We have been walking this journey home
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for a few weeks now.
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And maybe, like many of us,
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you have stumbled.
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Maybe those "heavy rocks"
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you tried to leave behind
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in the wilderness
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have found their way back into your bag.
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When we fail,
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when we fall back
into old habits
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or break our Lenten promises,
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our first instinct
is to hide.
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We feel like that we have
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failed the journey,
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we are too ashamed
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to keep walking toward home.
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We think that the Father
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is so disappointed.
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But look at St Peter.
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On the night Jesus needed him most,
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when He was betrayed
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to the Romans by Judas,
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Peter didn't just stumble,
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he denied ever knowing Him.
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Not just once, not twice,
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but three times.
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So he failed completely.
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He was full of shame and wept bitterly.
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And where did Jesus find him?
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Right here,
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by the water.
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Jesus didn’t approach Peter
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with a lecture or a list of his sins.
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He did not seek vengeance
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or shut him out.
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He met him
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with just one simple question:
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"Do you love me?"
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This stole is a sign
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of the Sacrament of Penance.
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Some people see confession
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as a place of judgment,
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I tell you, it is not.
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It is the moment of encounter with Christ
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by the water.
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It is the place
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where we meet Jesus after the storm.
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It’s where He takes our failures
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and washes them away
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in the tide of His love
and His mercy.
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So if you have failed,
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do not let that failure
drag you down.
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Come to the water.
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This water is the reminder
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of your own Baptism
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it is a reminder that you already
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belong to Jesus.
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You don't have to be perfect to come home,
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you just have to be willing
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to take His outstretching hand.
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The tide of God's mercy
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is always coming in.
