5th Sunday of Lent

We all know that we are sinners. At the beginning of each liturgy we acknowledge our failings and ask for forgiveness. "Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa" is easy to say aloud when everyone else is saying the same thing. And in a couple of weeks we will be singing, "O happy fault!" that brought Jesus into our world. But now, after five weeks of Lent, have we really examined our lives, looked closely at our actions and attitudes, and resolved to change? When we confess to Almighty God and to our brothers and sisters, we stand alone with our poor decisions written across our face, waiting for the weight of judgement to fall upon us. But we are not alone. Jesus stands with us.