Forgiveness. To some people the term forgiveness is a foreign concept or perhaps even a “four-letter word.” For some, when they are encouraged to forgive, rather than offer forgiveness, they think ...

When a group recites the Lord’s prayer together, the group leader may say, “Let’s use ‘trespasses” or “Let’s use ‘debts,” as in “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Both words work, but ...

The gospel reading for many of us this past Sunday was Matthew 18:21-35, which begins with Peter asking Jesus, “Lord, if my brother sins against me how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” ...

With the outcry from some quarters over the Paris Olympic Committee’s intended or unintended parodying of the famous da Vinci painting of Jesus’ Last Supper, we might remember how Jesus himself was ...

Those who are able to forgive their former community, their family and themselves show greater psychological gains in ...

The world says, “You made your bed and must lie in it.” A greater person said, “Take up your bed and walk. Your sins are forgiven.” There is some truth to the first statement. I’ve even said it myself ...

Cardinal-elect Luis Pascual Dri with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse. (Credit: Vatican News.) Listen ROME – That old biblical adage that ‘the last will be first’ is applicable to ...

I saw him do it. I heard her say. What they did is so wrong, I can never forgive them. What they think is so irrational, I can’t be around them anymore. We identify a reason not to love someone. We ...

There are various aspects of forgiveness: forgiving others, forgiving yourself, receiving forgiveness from God, forgiving those who do not deserve it, etc. There are two different opinions about ...

There are a lot of problems with the cancel culture, one being unforgiveness. Denying redemption is convenient when furthering a political agenda, but it’s contrary to following Jesus. To attack ...