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Thursday 19th
Week in Ordinary Time
August 17, 2017
PRIMACY OF FAITH FOR FORGIVENESS +++++++++++
Ø Without faith, it is difficult to forgive
others who have offended you
Ø You need faith to recognize that through the
event of the Cross, Jesus Christ has forgiven you all your sins
Ø St. Paul tells us J died for us while still
living in sin
Ø He forgave us and offered his life to save us
even before we asked for forgiveness
A NEW STARTING POINT +++++++++++++++++++++
Ø As he forgives us, he invites us 2 forgive others
Ø We should not place limits on
how much we forgive
Ø Forgive generously as Jesus continues to forgive us
Ø There is no offense one can commit against
you that is greater than that which you have committed against God
Ø If he whom we have offended the most forgive
you, why
can you not in the same way forgive those who have offended you?
Ø Forgiveness brings us healing. It makes us whole. Until we forgive, we do
not feel whole
Ø Our moods always change when we encounter the person that has
offended us
THE CHRISTIAN DIFFERENCE ++++++++++++++++++++
Ø As XTNS, the right thing to do is ask 4
forgiveness even if we’re the ones that have been offended
Ø Forgiveness from the heart does not mean that
you forget that the event ever took place
Ø It means not holding the offence against the
person that offends you
Ø This also means not keeping records of
offences you have forgiven
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Like Jesus, forgive without counting the
offences
Ø Forgiving creates us most clearly in the
likeness of Jesus himself
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