“The Lord has removed the judgment against you,”...

“The Lord has removed the judgment against you,” that is, your evil is no longer the final word on your life; your usual gaze upon yourself is not the right one; the gaze with which you continually reprove yourself is not true. The only true gaze is that of the Lord. It is precisely through this that you can recognize He is with you: if He has removed the judgment against you, what should you fear? “You have no further misfortune to fear.” An inexorable positivity dominates life. For this reason, the Bible passage continues, “Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!” Why? Because “the Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior.” There is no other source of joy than this: “He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, He will sing joyfully because of you” (Zephaniah 3:15-17).”

Fr. Julian Carron, “An Inexorable Positivity Dominates Life” (via quaerere-deum)