Jesus does not hesitate to give us high goals.
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
“Be merciful… stop condemning” No negative initiatives in our lives.
“Forgive… give…” is the way the Father is and wants us to be.

Daniel, the prophet, has a humble, healthy attitude for us to adopt.
We should not be afraid to admit our errors.
It does not hurt us to be shamefaced. It can only help us acknowledge our sins yet honestly see that you are “a God of compassion and forgiveness.”

Revelation helps us to see God with such clarity
we recognize we are not God yet we are challenged to be like God.
If we aim high we will reach a higher level of living.
If we are complacent we sink further from God.

By studying the contrast we find God wants us to grow in his
likeness or otherwise we can become iconoclasts and break
the image for the sheer savagery of it.

- Fr. Gerald Keefe