V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US”
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Thus the Lord’s words on forgiveness, the love that loves to the
end,142 become a living reality. the parable of the merciless servant,
which crowns the Lord’s teaching on ecclesial communion, ends with these words:
“So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not
forgive your brother from your heart.”143 It is there, in fact,
“in the depths of the heart,” that everything is bound and loosed. It
is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense; but the heart that
offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the
memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.
- SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
- V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US”
- Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PAB.HTM
