Tag: Forgiveness

• SEEK LOVE, SEEK PEACE

  

  February 19, 2023 – Seventh Sunday Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021923.cfm) As my niece was growing up, it was also the time that we directly and indirectly taught her ways of behaving and of different attitudes, which may be good or bad. Unconsciously, there were many things and ways that we taught…

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  A Dose of God Today, Culture of Hate, Culture of Revenge, Forgiveness, Homilies, Love, Ordinary Time, Peace, Sunday

• The Unforgivable Sin

  

  October 15, 2022 – Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101522.cfm) Do we find ourselves living in the past and unaware of our present? We might find ourselves trapped in this situation when we cannot let go of our past. Our thoughts and actions as well as our…

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• When God is pushed away, God makes a way

  

  February 1, 2021 – Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020121.cfm) Today’s Gospel story presents us two kinds of response towards the presence of Jesus. The first was with the man who had an unclean spirit and second was with the people who approached Jesus after the healing…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Weekday Homilies, Year 1

  Change, Evil spirit, Forgiveness, Freedom, Life, Possessed, Transformation

• When Jesus calls, he brings wonders in our life

  

  We are called to humble ourselves by acknowledging our sinfulness. This moves us then, to recognise our need for God, need for forgiveness and healing. And when we recognise God in our life, then, we also allow God to transform us, to change our lives, to call us and to touch us like what happened…

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• Power of Asking Forgiveness

  

  Jesus invites us to learn from her. She who recognized her sinfulness, allowed Jesus to transform her life. Her actions towards Jesus was her expression of her affection and at the same time of her need of forgiveness, Jesus who is the face of the Father’s mercy, willingly granted her forgiveness. When we become persons…

  Homilies, Ordinary Time, Weekday Homilies, Year 2

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• Life and Freedom in forgiveness

  

  The pain and suffering that come from those broken relationships create deep wounds in us. And will forgiveness be possible then? Yes, it is. And forgiveness will always be a call for each of us. Hence, unless we find forgiveness in our hearts that begins with accepting and embracing those painful experiences and go on…

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• Be Forgiven BY Being Forgiving for God

  

  “To err is human, to forgive is divine.” Easy for us to say these words at times to make excuses for our wrongdoings and to ask forgiveness for our mistakes. However, we also say same words of excuse to refuse forgiveness to those who have wronged and hurt us. “What can I do, I’m only…

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• FORGIVENESS: A RADICAL LOVE

  

  We look back to the scene where Jesus uttered these words, Jesus at this hour was on the brink of death, nailed to the Cross with the Roman soldiers at his feet. As he addressed these men, we could picture how exhausting the scene was. By this time, these Roman soldiers had been executing many…

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  A Dose of God Today, Death of Jesus, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Holy Week, Passion of the Lord