Love and Forgiveness
As we are moving forward in this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, I want to offer a few words on a kind of mercy that can at times be difficult for us to share with others. “[Jesus said,] 'This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.'" (Matthew 6:9-13) In this narrative of the Gospel, Jesus has just taught his disciples the prayer we know today as the Our Father. We’ve all heard it and prayed it...