Adobe Stock Forgiveness and Healing An examination of one of the most beautiful aspects of Christian life FATHER JOHN BURNS COMMENTS OFFON FORGIVENESS AND HEALING In all of Scripture, arguably the most challenging teaching of Christ is the command to...
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Adobe Stock Forgiveness and Healing An examination of one of the most beautiful aspects of Christian life FATHER JOHN BURNS COMMENTS OFFON FORGIVENESS AND HEALING In all of Scripture, arguably the most challenging teaching of Christ is the command to forgive our offenders, a command that typically coincides with the call to love our enemies. As difficult as it may be to observe, we see the chilling effects of its opposite in the gravely shattered condition of today’s culture, filled as it is with division and bitterness. The only pathway to healing a wounded world is treating the broken hearts that lie within it. Forgiveness, when practiced authentically, brings us to confront the interior brokenness that perpetuates the cycles of brokenness all around us. As ministers of God’s mercy, we as priests must also be among those who labor most ardently to practice it well.
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