Commentary: In this Sunday's first reading, the prophet Isaiah professes his unworthiness to serve the Lord, citing his unclean lips. In the second reading, the apostle St. Paul professes his unworthiness to serve the Lord, citing his persecution of the Church. In the Gospel reading, the apostle St. Peter professes his unworthiness to serve the Lord, citing his unspecified sinfulness. Hence the old saw, "The Lord doesn't call the qualified, the Lord qualifies the called."
More directly to Mr. Kristofferson's point in "Why Me" is Psalm Eight, verse five (Ps. 8:5), which reads:
"What is man that You are mindful of him,Such is the Lord's unfathomable love, that He loves even such as us.
A son of man that You care for him?"
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