Lent a time for forgiveness

The Last Sayings of Jesus: Father Forgive Them... - Family News Today

Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” As Africans, we take the last words that someone says very seriously. Unfortunately, many times, this is motivated by a superstitious reverence of the dead. When it comes to Christ, however, every word that He spoke is precious. That is […] The post The Last Sayings of Jesus: Father Forgive Them… appeared first on Family News Today.

Lent a time for forgiveness

“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each

Forgiveness Is an Act of Justice

There seems to be a chronology to the work of forgiveness: forgiveness within leads to forgiveness without. According to the patterns of forgiveness we see in Jesus, we first do the internal work to forgive others before we move to reconcile with those who have done us wrong. Perhaps this chronological work of forgiveness includes how we might forgive God. In Adele Calhoun’s Spiritual… Source