No new faces
In the accounts in the Bible where Jesus heals the lepers, he doesn’t give them new faces. He restores them to their true faces.
Grace isn’t given to rid us of our sinful nature. It is given to restore us to the true heart of our nature - the goodness God made us with.
Grace makes us
us
again.
In Joy,
Jonas+
Amen.
My favorite prayer, attributed to St Therese, is "O my God! I ask of Thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in heaven for all Eternity. Amen" I catch myself mumbling it at odd times throughout the day.