I Am Not Worthy

Lord I am not worthy for you to enter under my roof. These are some of the new words that have ow become so natural for all of us as we attend mass. It recalls the song of years ago

O Lord I am not worthy
That Thou should'st come to me,
But speak the words of comfort,
My spirit healed shall be. 

These words should be the beginning of any repentance. I have spoken of forgiveness previously, but to receive forgiveness, one must first repent. To truly be sorry for an action or thought. It is this, and only this, that places us in the proper ideal of humbleness in which we can be ready to ask and receive forgiveness. We have all had the experience of a friend or loved one saying they are sorry, but in the tone of voice or action, we can see that they really do not believe their own words. They may be saying theses things to move on, but the forgiveness is not there. In a similar way, if we seek forgiveness, we must truly want it. To ask for forgiveness when we see nothing wrong in what we have done or said gains nothing.
  Anyone who was forgiven by Jesus or was healed by Jesus did so because of their own faith in Him.
They were ready to receive what they sought. The understood their own unworthiness and that the forgiveness and healing was at the option of our Lord. This is the same for us, whether we seek forgiveness from God or from a friend or loved one. We need to understand that the option of forgiveness is from whom we ask it, and we are unworthy to just take it. 
  So we try to live our lives knowing we will always be unworthy. We try to live knowing we should always be humble. But if we do, we will hear words of comfort from others as well as Jesus. And our spirit will be healed and at peace.