United States Conference of Secular institutes

USCSI REFLECTIONS

St. Barnabas – 

One of the hallmarks of the gospel of Jesus is that it is good news for sinners: In other words, the good part of Good News is that it is not the righteous, and certainly not the self-righteous, who have access to God, but those who need God’s healing—quite a reversal of the prevailing ideas of ritual cleanliness accepted in Jesus’ day.