Readings from the USCCB website
This is Sunday is Halloween, but actually it is the day before "All Saints Day" also known as "All Hallows Eve". This Sunday readings again show us that God is ever faithful and will not leave us even when we think that we are abandoned. He will not give up on us because He loves us. He is mercy filled. He comes back again and again to remind us that he will never give up on us, even when we have turned our backs on him.
The Gospel reading is a familiar one about Zacchaeus who a tax collector. He was so eager to see Jesus that he climbed up a sycamore tree. Jesus saw him and invited himself to his house and many of the people who witnessed it were upset because tax collectors were people who extorted money from people, and felt that Zacchaeus was not worthy enough to spend time with Jesus. But Jesus went anyways, and Zacchaeus repented to Jesus and offered to give half of his entire possessions to the poor and repay four times the amount to anyone he has wrongfully took money from. Jesus came to his house to save him.
If you have sinned, it is never too late to repent. Time and time again God will be there for us and always call upon us, even when we don't want to acknowledge him. Let us ask for help from the saints to help us to be "saint-like" and praise God for his faithfulness and love.
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