Give it time; keep praying; and invite the Holy Spirit into the situation every time the memory resurfaces. The Holy Spirit will lead you to not only forgiveness, but will open your heart up to forgiveness, compassion, and (in my case) mercy towards the one who offended you. God Bless you!
Will do, and thanks for watching! We are working on more episodes, so stay tuned. You can check out www.holyfamilyinstitute.com for Holy Family Institute's other projects, as well.
This is so true. I lived through this and it is profound. You articulating it, and making the refererance to the teachings of the catechism, put it into context and added to its value . I hope anyone who needs to hear this teaching can see and hear this video! Thank you!
Thank you, Cynthia! Please share this video with anyone you think might be blessed by it, and you can check out our other projects at www.holyfamilyinstitute.com. God bless!
Your comments on this part of the Lord's Prayer show us what it really means to WORK . . . to somehow EXERT ourselves - while simultaneously being humbly aware of the limits of our natural powers. This is an example of the role of 'works' in its relation to 'grace.' Like our Protestant neighbours, we recognise the primacy of grace but - unlike them - we also recognise the importance of exercising our 'moral muscles.' P.S Please forgive the didactic tone of my words: I'm no theologian - just an 'ordinary Joe' trying to express his thoughts that your video has precipitated in the only way I know how.
Well said, Pietro, and thanks for watching! You've got it - every good thing is God's gift and initiative, but if we will respond and cooperate with the grace it opens up the channel of grace ever wider and gives God more latitude to bless, and heal, and guide.
This came up. I daily struggle with anger and i sin in anger and word against people. They deserve an anger response because of their truely violent ways but i feel to be angry is even wrong, like im joining them in their sin ,(but) by hating their ways, being moved to rage by their violence I feel God has been making it very clear I need to be innocent and stop hating and giving in to my anger. They are impassioned and volatile Bloodthirsty and full of hate and love of violence but I am more and more convinced they just need a supernatural change of heart and they will be passionate for Jesus Like Saul. Im believing and praying for this It helps quench the fire and reminds me Jesus says "pray for your enemies" It frees me from my own consuming anger.
Good question, Vincent. One of the myriad mysteries of the divine will is the balance of the perfect mercy and perfect justice of God. As for how that transfers to us, I think the first clue is Christ crucified - as Peter Kreeft has said for years, that sacrifice is how God satisfies the justice owed to sinners: Jesus gets the justice, we get the mercy. For our part, we are commanded repeatedly to be merciful and forgive. Human justice, where it works for reform and repentance is good and necessary, but when it comes to the question of whether or not I ought to forgive someone - even someone entirely unrepentant - the answer is always a resounding "Yes". In those situations I think we ought to give mercy, and leave the justice to God.
A lot of criminals and abusers like to twist forgiveness by saying things like "if you genuinely forgave me then you wouldn't be pressing charges against me" or if you have a restraining order against the person they say the same thing as well. I know of other victims of abuse who've been accused of being unforgiving for similar reasons. Or "if you truly forgave your abuser, God would've healed your PTSD from the abuse you forgave him for putting you through." I've had to learn the hard way that forgiveness, justice and healing are three separate things. It's especially confusing when you tell the person who abused you that you forgive them and he tells that he did nothing wrong and later accuses you of being "unforgiving." What really clarified forgiveness for me is to define forgiveness as genuinely willing the good for those who have offended you. Seeking justice isn't vengeful. People who commit offenses that are considered crimes in our society must be brought to justice in order to keep other potential victims safe.
@@HFICatholic Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the `World Day of Peace 1 January 2002 NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE NO JUSTICE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS 8. But what does forgiveness actually mean? And why should we forgive? *Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. It has its perfect exemplar in the forgiveness of Christ, who on the Cross prayed: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34).
Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the `World Day of Peace 1 January 2002 NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE NO JUSTICE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS 8. But what does forgiveness actually mean? And why should we forgive? *Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. It has its perfect exemplar in the forgiveness of Christ, who on the Cross prayed: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34).
Now I understand forgiveness on a deeper level. Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching, and posting!
This is great thanks 👍
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This was excellent! Thank you.
Thank you, Jinday. I appreciate you watching.
Oh, how I need this to be true and real in my life.
Give it time; keep praying; and invite the Holy Spirit into the situation every time the memory resurfaces. The Holy Spirit will lead you to not only forgiveness, but will open your heart up to forgiveness, compassion, and (in my case) mercy towards the one who offended you. God Bless you!
I will pray for strength and grace for you in your situation - the Holy Spirit will bless and multiply your efforts!
Keep doing this brother,May God bless
Will do, and thanks for watching! We are working on more episodes, so stay tuned. You can check out www.holyfamilyinstitute.com for Holy Family Institute's other projects, as well.
This is so true. I lived through this and it is profound. You articulating it, and making the refererance to the teachings of the catechism, put it into context and added to its value . I hope anyone who needs to hear this teaching can see and hear this video! Thank you!
Thank you, Cynthia! Please share this video with anyone you think might be blessed by it, and you can check out our other projects at www.holyfamilyinstitute.com. God bless!
Your comments on this part of the Lord's Prayer show us what it really means to WORK . . . to somehow EXERT ourselves - while simultaneously being humbly aware of the limits of our natural powers. This is an example of the role of 'works' in its relation to 'grace.' Like our Protestant neighbours, we recognise the primacy of grace but - unlike them - we also recognise the importance of exercising our 'moral muscles.' P.S Please forgive the didactic tone of my words: I'm no theologian - just an 'ordinary Joe' trying to express his thoughts that your video has precipitated in the only way I know how.
Well said, Pietro, and thanks for watching! You've got it - every good thing is God's gift and initiative, but if we will respond and cooperate with the grace it opens up the channel of grace ever wider and gives God more latitude to bless, and heal, and guide.
Ps ..catholic life is❤️
This came up. I daily struggle with anger and i sin in anger and word against people.
They deserve an anger response because of their truely violent ways but i feel to be angry is even wrong, like im joining them in their sin ,(but) by hating their ways, being moved to rage by their violence
I feel God has been making it very clear I need to be innocent and stop hating and giving in to my anger.
They are impassioned and volatile
Bloodthirsty and full of hate and love of violence but I am more and more convinced they just need a supernatural change of heart and they will be passionate for Jesus
Like Saul.
Im believing and praying for this
It helps quench the fire and reminds me Jesus says "pray for your enemies"
It frees me from my own consuming anger.
What is the obligation of the sinner? Is repentance a condition of forgiveness? Or only reconciliation.
Where does the human virtue of justice come into the equation?
As far as I'm aware, forgiveness and justice are not opposed
Good question, Vincent. One of the myriad mysteries of the divine will is the balance of the perfect mercy and perfect justice of God. As for how that transfers to us, I think the first clue is Christ crucified - as Peter Kreeft has said for years, that sacrifice is how God satisfies the justice owed to sinners: Jesus gets the justice, we get the mercy. For our part, we are commanded repeatedly to be merciful and forgive. Human justice, where it works for reform and repentance is good and necessary, but when it comes to the question of whether or not I ought to forgive someone - even someone entirely unrepentant - the answer is always a resounding "Yes". In those situations I think we ought to give mercy, and leave the justice to God.
A lot of criminals and abusers like to twist forgiveness by saying things like "if you genuinely forgave me then you wouldn't be pressing charges against me" or if you have a restraining order against the person they say the same thing as well. I know of other victims of abuse who've been accused of being unforgiving for similar reasons. Or "if you truly forgave your abuser, God would've healed your PTSD from the abuse you forgave him for putting you through."
I've had to learn the hard way that forgiveness, justice and healing are three separate things. It's especially confusing when you tell the person who abused you that you forgive them and he tells that he did nothing wrong and later accuses you of being "unforgiving." What really clarified forgiveness for me is to define forgiveness as genuinely willing the good for those who have offended you. Seeking justice isn't vengeful. People who commit offenses that are considered crimes in our society must be brought to justice in order to keep other potential victims safe.
@@HFICatholic Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the `World Day of Peace 1 January 2002
NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE
NO JUSTICE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
8. But what does forgiveness actually mean? And why should we forgive?
*Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. It has its perfect exemplar in the forgiveness of Christ, who on the Cross prayed: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34).
Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the Celebration of the `World Day of Peace 1 January 2002
NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE
NO JUSTICE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
8. But what does forgiveness actually mean? And why should we forgive?
*Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. The measure of such a decision is the love of God who draws us to himself in spite of our sin. It has its perfect exemplar in the forgiveness of Christ, who on the Cross prayed: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34).