"Woe to...me?"

From today's Gospel (Matthew 11:20-24)

"Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented."

I've been blessed with the amazing opportunity to witness the mightiest of deeds on a daily basis...the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you."

Even if you're not blessed, as I am, to daily exposure to the greatest miracle of all, you still know that somewhere Jesus becomes — incredibly — Himself, truly and completely, under the appearances of bread and wine. And that Jesus Himself forgives sins every day, a zillion times a day, by the words of His priest in the confessional.

"And as for you, Capernaum:
Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the nether world.
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

Tough, loving words. To those whom much is given, much is expected.