5th Monday of Lent

Forgiveness, in its truest and highest form, is a free act of love. But precisely because it is an act of love, it has its own intrinsic demands: the first of which is respect for the truth. God alone is absolute truth. But He made the human heart open to the desire for truth, which He then fully revealed in His Incarnate Son. Hence we are all called to live the truth.

meditation: Pope John Paul II