We are called to Your sacrament—invited to accept Your divine giving grace and forgiving love. We are drawn to You, Lord as inevitably as rain to the ocean of Your mercy, falling freely as sweet tears of reconciliation, raised up to heaven by Your Light. In this sacrament, our human nature experiences Your full humanity in the person of the priest as one who has known sin and sorrow as we have. Through the outward witnessing and sharing of our failures and our fears on a personal level with You, we are deeply moved by Your compassion and understanding to recall our hidden spiritual self—opening ourselves to the mystery of Your love and mercy. This "opening" of ourselves to You is not only a justification of our free will but a sanctification of it as well, serving as a sign of both Your grace working in us and the source of that grace, Your Passion. By the grace of Your forgiveness, may we be present at the glory of Your Resurrection.