Driven by selfishness and lust, David committed grave sins— adultery, deception, and murder. David, the great leader, the king of Israel, had sunk so low. But David did not remain focused on his failures. Refusing to be trapped by his past, he cried out to God—“Miserere mei! Have mercy upon me, O God!” The Lord did not cease loving David. Neither does he cease to love us when we sin. Therefore we should never turn away or hide in shame or regret, but instead run straight to the Lord who will draw fruit out of our contrition, strength from our weakness, just as David and Bathsheba would later give birth to the great and wise Solomon. But the world needed one still greater than Solomon (Mt 12:42), one who would be more than a teacher and temporal king but who would be “crowned with glory and honor.” The sixth Advent station increases our confidence in Jesus, inspiring us to regularly bring our sins to him in the sacrament of confession, for he was made “to be sin who did not know sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in him” (2 Cor 5:21).