"Jesus, repair what I have done badly!"
When we fail, when we are tempted to rebel against those who find out our faults and imperfections, we too can remain silent, asking our Lord to undo, to repair what we've done badly, that no one may be lost because of our bad example. If others are scandalized by our failings, we can have confidence Jesus will repair and draw forth a greater good. I think this is a secret of His Sacred Heart, as well as the key to the devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. When others condemn us, we can even rejoice to be found imperfect and in need of God's mercy!
"A notion which is not widespread and which, nevertheless, is very important is that Jesus, when we ask him with confidence, repairs not only the evil we have done in ourselves, but also the evil we have done around us.
Indeed, he has made all things right in me, but what about the evil I have done to others? The bad example I have set, the scandal I have given, the good I would have been able to do and did not do, the injustice I committed? I am set aright myself, but what about the others?
Say then, 'Jesus, from this evil also which I have wrought around me, draw forth good. Even, I dare to ask you, draw a greater good from it than if I had not done the evil... Jesus, make reparation in me and around me.'" - I Believe In Love, Pere Jean du Coeur de Jesus D'Elbee
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