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Home > Sacraments > Eucharist > Communion reflections > 28 10 2007 - Lord, be merciful to me, I am a sinner |
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Lord, be merciful to me, I am a sinner William Barclay told the following story. Once he was on a train journey from Scotland to England. As he was passing through the Yorkshire moors he spotted a little whitewashed cottage. How its radiance shone out against the drab and bleak moors! A few days later he passed that way again on the return journey. Snow had fallen and was lying deep on the ground. He came again to the little whitewashed cottage. But now its whiteness actually seemed drab against the virgin whiteness of the snow. So if we should be tempted to compare ourselves to others, let us compare with none other that Christ himself. When we lay our imperfect lives beside his sinless life, all we are able to say is: Lord, be merciful to me, I am a sinner. This is the most moving of all prayers, and one that God cannot fail to hear. |
