Showing posts with label Forgiveness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forgiveness. Show all posts
24th Sunday A: Forgiveness
Gospel reading: Matthew 18:21-35
Michel DeVerteuil
General Comments
Today’s passage deals with the crucial issue of forgiveness, surely the most pressing of all our human problems, as individuals, as communities and as a human family. The future of humanity is in the hands of those who can forgive.
24 Sunday A: Forgiveness
Fr. Bill Grimm's Video Message at the bottom
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Michel DeVerteuil
General Comments
Today’s passage deals with the crucial issue of forgiveness, surely the most pressing of all our human problems, as individuals, as communities and as a human family. The future of humanity is in the hands of those who can forgive.
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Gospel reading: Matthew 18:21-35
Michel DeVerteuil
General Comments
Today’s passage deals with the crucial issue of forgiveness, surely the most pressing of all our human problems, as individuals, as communities and as a human family. The future of humanity is in the hands of those who can forgive.
11 Sunday C - Much Love, Much Forgiveness
Introduction to the Celebration
Today is one of the very few times in the year when the actions of women towards Jesus are at the centre of our recollection. We recall that Jesus was supported and helped by women in his work as he moved around Palestine. We also recall the incident when an unnamed woman anointed his feet with oil, kissed his feet, and wiped away her tears with her hair. Her sins were forgiven because she had shown such love.
24 Sunday A - Forgiveness - Seven Times
Thomas
O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Introduction to the Celebration
We
often describe ourselves as ‘the People of God’ and as ‘a people set apart’;
and very often such names have been misinterpreted by Christians to mean that
we are somehow ‘God’s elite’ or that he has some special friendship for us and
our doing that he does not show to others. Today’s gospel confronts us with the
reality of what it means to be ‘a people set apart’. We are the ones who must
reject the desires for vengeance and retaliation, and in the face of those who
offend us must work for reconciliation. To start afresh, working for what is
good, after one has been hurt is never easy; it goes against a deeply embedded
instinct in our humanity that calls for retribution. But to be the group who
seek to continue the reconciliation of the world that was accomplished in the
Paschal Mystery of Jesus is what we are about. Now, as we begin to celebrate
this mystery, let us remind ourselves that as ‘a people set apart’ we must be
willing to be those who bring forgiveness and new hope into the world. Let us
ask ourselves whether we are willing to be reconcilers.
Incredible Act of Forgiveness
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans.
Forgive them, Father, They know not ---An Iranian Mother
Last-minute reprieve: Iranian woman spares life of son's killer with a slap
11 SUNDAY C - Woman in Simon's House - HOMILIES
Thomas O’Loughlin
Introduction to the Celebration
Today is one of the very few times in the year when the
actions of women towards Jesus are at the centre of our recollection. We recall
that Jesus was supported and helped by women in his work as he moved around
Palestine. We also recall the incident when an unnamed woman anointed his feet
with oil, kissed his feet, and wiped away her tears with her hair. Her sins
were forgiven because she had shown such love.
Now we are gathered at table with the Lord, let us pray that
our love will be such that our sins may be forgiven.
The Rolls Royce and God's Forgiveness
The great British automaker Rolls Royce takes great pride in the reliability of their handcrafted automobiles. An obviously wealthy owner of a Rolls took it to Europe on an extended trip. While travelling in France the car had some mechanical problem. He called the Rolls Royce factory and asked that they send out a mechanic immediately to fix the problem.
Quotes 71 - Forgveness
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful
form of love. In return, you will receive
untold peace and happiness."
- Dr. Robert Muller
Father and Son Talk
As A Life's End Draws Near, A Father And Son Talk
"For me, dying — it's very enlightening and certainly rewarding," David Plant (left) tells Frank Lilley. "Look at the opportunity to talk, for example. It's just incredible."
In 2010, David Plant was diagnosed with skin cancer. The cancer has since metastasized to other parts of his body, and David is now contemplating the end of his life. So, just before his 81st birthday, he sat down with his stepson to talk about their life together.
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