From the Gospel Reading for the Saturday after Ash Wednesday:
“Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
This was in response to the question, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” that the Pharisees had for Jesus when He was at table with Levi (Matthew) and the other tax collectors.
This has always been one of my favorite quotes from Jesus. We are sick people, no matter how long we’ve been sober, the threat of what might happen to us if we relapse is ever present. And we still might not necessarily think normally, especially in response to things happening around us.
Jesus came for all, but especially for us sinners and sick people. The “righteous” (those who think or feel that they are so, for the truly righteous do not view themselves that way) probably don’t think they need Him.
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