To know the Lord

“No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the LORD. All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.” (JER 31: 34) 

One of the most heartfelt dreams for so many of us is that “their friends and relatives will know the LORD,” especially for parents seeing their children not practicing their faith or friends far away from God. We should remember that this is not only our concern—God will take care of them: “no longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the Lord.” The most important part of it is: “I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more;” a gift given to His Church as the Sacrament of Penance.

“You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” (Gospel Acclamation)