Love Bade Me Welcome*

Jesus answered, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance." Luke 5. 27 - 39

Whenever I worry about what I have done or said, any questionable actions I have taken or decisions I have made, I think of how lost I would be if I didn't have Jesus. Imagine, I say to my self, how far off track you would be without him...and then I keep praying. As Jesus said, we sinners need him more than those who are well!!!

I love reflecting on this painting at different times in my life and wondering which one of these folks I am! Which one are you this day?

"So I did sit and eat." Painting by Sieger Köder

*Love Bade Me Welcome: Reflections on the Eucharist in the Art of Sieger Köder by Magdalen Lawler