The Day of Atonement

I believe in God the Father Almighty creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate. It was crucified died and was buried. He descended into hell on the third day. He rose again.

He ascended into heaven and he seeded at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.”

Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be your name. I kingdom come. I will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou among women. Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary. Mother of God. Prefress and earns now in at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou among women. Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary. Mother of God. Prefress and earns now in at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary. Full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou among women. Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

“Holy Mary. Mother of God. Prefress and earns now in at the hour of our death. Amen.”

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning as now in the first shall be world without end amen. Our first meditation. Today we continue our journey through the Old Testament.

And we make a stop with a book of the Bible. You've probably always skipped over. Leviticus.

It's full of liturgical rules for the priests, the Levites and the descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses and the high priest. So for most people, it doesn't make for very exciting reading. But there is one very interesting passage that a lot of people have heard about and it has to do with the scapegoat on the day of atonement. Actually there were two goats for the day of atonement and both of them were involved in absolving the people of their sins. One goat was slaughtered as a sacrifice.

The other goat had all the faults and sins of the people confessed over it symbolically placed on its head.

And that second goat was driven out into the desert toward the Jordan River, probably toward the area Jesus was baptized.

These two goats played different but complementary roles in atonement for the people.

“What were these two roles? And what exactly do these goats symbolize and why is this relevant for us today?”

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, that kingdom come, that will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us a stare, do the bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation to deliver us from evil amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, art, all among women, blessed, and He's a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, art, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, art, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen.

“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus.”

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed, all among women, blessed, is a fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us in earth, now in at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, as now in our shall be, world without end, amen. Go, my Jesus.

Forgive us, our sins, save us from the fires of hell.

Lead all souls to have, and especially those most in need of the mercy. Our second meditation. On the day of atonement, one goat paid the penalty for the people's sins, the other goat took away the people's sins. But of course, goats don't really have the power, either to atone for sins, nor to take away sins. So what do these two goats represent?

“Well, who has both the power to suffer for the sins of the people and the power to take away those sins?”

It's not a goat who can do either, only the Lamb of God can do both. Jesus Christ, whom John the Baptist called the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. And amazingly, probably around the same place near the Jordan River, one of those goats would have run. The Lamb of God is the only one who fulfills both roles. He not only suffers the penalty for our sins, but removes them from us entirely.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be your name, that kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us a stare, dearly bread, and forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.”

Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thou long women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, as now and ever shall be, world without end amen. Oh, my Jesus. Forgive us, our sins, save us from the fires of hell.

Lead all souls to have an especially those most in need of thy mercy.

Our third meditation, human beings have the power to destroy things they can't rebuild.

nearly as precious.

“A penniless arsonist could burn down a millionaire's mansion, but the arsonist can't afford to”

reconstruct what he's destroyed.

It's easy for us to murder, it's impossible for us to raise a person to life. Sin works the same way. Sin destroys things we can't restore. Sin destroys our friendship with God. It kills the divine life within us.

It collapses the bridge to heaven. And these things are all things that are beyond our human power to reconstruct. But God can rebuild anything we destroy. Even the things are sin's destroy. Even things of infinite value.

Only God can take away sin because only God can restore what sin destroys.

“And so, to truly take away sin requires divine power, it requires a nature that is divine.”

Our Father, who art in heaven, hollow would be your name. By kingdom come, I will be done on earth as it is and heaven. If us to stay, our daily bread and forgive us are trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen.”

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are Thalmung women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in earth's noun at the hour of our death, amen. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, as noun never shall be rolled without end, amen.

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us, our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to have an especially those most in need of thy mercy. Our fourth meditation, but there is one thing a divine nature can't do, suffer. Suffering is the response to the absence of some good that should be present. But no good is absent to God. He is all good.

There is no good in creation. That isn't already unshakably present in God. In that sense, God can't suffer in His divine nature. Because for Him to suffer, something would have to be missing and He's perfect. Which just means He can't be missing anything.

Yet, part of a toning for sin is suffering.

It's not enough to ignore sin or pretend it never happened.

Real atonement means dealing with the consequences of sin. And really dealing with the consequences of sin, including the sins of others means suffering.

they had to be saved by someone who had the infinite power of God

“and who also had the human capacity for suffering.”

That means we could only be saved by someone who is at the same time. God and man, a God man. Our father, who art in heaven, hollowed be your name, and I kingdom come. I will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us the state our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses.

As we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation.

But deliver us from evil, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's

“a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God,”

pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to Lord is with thee, blessed our Thal among women, blessed that He's a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us and our ensnown at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, as now and ever shall be, world without end, amen.

All my Jesus, for give us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to have and especially those most in need of thy mercy. Our fifth meditation. On the day of atonement, Israel needed two goats, one to be sacrificed for sin and one to take away sin. Lent is preparing for our great day of atonement, good Friday. When we will be saved from sin, not by two goats, but by one Savior with two natures, Jesus human nature enables him to suffer

and die for our sins, and Jesus divine nature enables him to take our sins away by restoring what was destroyed. And the final point of this meditation is this, every sin comes with a price. Each one must be paid for. Each sin of yours and mine makes Christ suffering more intense, more prolonged. These relates who watched one goat slaughtered and one goat exiled into the wilderness had a sense of what their sins did.

“Do we have that same sense when we look up at the crucifix and see Jesus?”

True God and true man hanging there for our sins. Do we see what our sins have done? And do we let the weight of that truth move us to greater repentance and love? To move us to a real change in our behavior. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed with be your name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us a stay our daily bread

to temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed

“at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,”

pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with

thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with

thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with

thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee blessed at our Thalmung women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us in our ensnown at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, as now and for a shall be world without end, amen. Oh, my Jesus. Forgive us, our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to have an especially those most in need of thy mercy. St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God review, can we humbly

pray and do thou old prince of the heavenly host by the power of God cast into hell, Satan and all the evil spirits, who brought throughout the world seeking the wounded souls in the name of

“the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. What trisa? What struck you about this meditation?”

I don't know if there's much sense to make out of this reflection, but I was thinking about the ways in which punishment is effective or not effective or consequences are effective or not effective that I think most people, if given some kind of reward, they said, you can have five dollars. I'm going to slap you on the wrist. But five more dollars and I'll slap you on the wrist again or maybe I'll slap you in the face for five dollars. Most of us would be like, fine. Like,

what do I care? But we'd have a very different reaction if it was for five dollars. I'm going to slap someone else and we're very, I think in a good way, I think it speaks to something about our instinct and our the goodness of our humanity that we're not okay with, others taking the consequences

“for us, even if we would take the same consequences ourselves. But I think it would really change”

our approach to every sin and every little thing if we didn't just think, I'll have to deal with the consequences, but others will deal with the consequences and not just any anonymous public, but specifically Christ. Yes. I tell you, this is one of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around because I think about sins and you start to rationalize them, justify them and you think, well, this isn't really hurting anybody. It's not really hurting me or I can take it if it does.

That's worth it. We were the cost. But if we were, if we were there, when he was being scourged, and that next blow was my last sin, I, I'm not even sure if I have the love or the courage to pray for the grace to see things that way because it would be devastating. Or even more practically

public that's so distant. And to remember that it's the consequences are unseen, but they are there.

“I think about the little things we experience in America right now that our first thing that comes”

to mind for me is we think things about like fast fashion, things that are highly produced,

usually in a foreign country that sort of things that come from sweat shops and the things that

we might, the consequence we might deal with here is, oh, people might know I shop here or there or they might, the clothes isn't very good and it's, I just want so much and I'm so materialist and I just want more and more clothes. I want all these things, but the person you're not thinking about is those people that are working to create those things, the people that are being paid almost nothing and working tireless hours and the actual people in sweat shops and that's obviously

kind of an extreme, but there are actual consequences to people we don't have to think about.

“This might be kind of besides the point, but I think there's always someone to think about”

not always someone to consider with our words, the person who's not probably hearing what we're

saying, but the person who's being hurt by our words. I think a good resolution for today, we probably all have a crucifix somewhere, at the very least we could pull up an image of a crucifix and sit with it for 10 minutes and ask the Holy Spirit to give us a deeper awareness of the way that our sins did that to him. And at the very least, as a resolution, we should thank him and tell him we love him. And then maybe just maybe today, when I'm about to justify or rationalize

“that sin, I might just choose differently. Yeah, especially in length, I think it's a perfect time for that.”

Thanks for the conversation. Thank you. Let's be apostles of friendship, good conversation, and the rosary. Share this with others.