It is necessary that each one of us return, even if you may have lost all and may be “of bad odor”, as the prodigal son. For God there is no case without a solution. There are no lost cases. Looking to Mary Magdalene, Jairo, Matthew, we see that for the Lord there are not impossible cases. It is necessary that each one of us return home.

The man that was paralyzed (cf. Luke 5:18-19) could no longer go it alone.  But finally, they came to bring him to the presence of the Lord.
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It is the same that we need to do with ourselves. We cannot stop working to bring all to Jesus. Upon  seeing the paralyzed man on the stretcher, Christ perceived that his greatest necessity was the forgiveness of his sins, therefore, he said to him. “Your sins are forgiven” (Luke 5:19b) Our greatest necessity is this as well. They are in this situaition because they were far from God and they ended in sin as the prodigal sin and like the paralyzed man. Sin is going to obscure the person from any form of human  help, he will need divine help.

For with God we are going to do marvelous things. Therefore, do your part, fight, prayer, intercede, fast sacrifice yourself, speak, exhort. Do all that you can do. The hour will arrive in which each person of his family will have to decide and return to the house of the Father. And when this happens, the Lord alone will say: “My child, have confidence, your sins are forgiven you.” After he will care for the rest, curing the paralyzed man, giving new clothes, sandals and a new right of sonship. (cf the parable of The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)).
God Bless You!

Monsignor Jonas Abib

Founder of the Canção Nova Community

translated from Portuguese