V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US”
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Now – and this is daunting – this outpouring of mercy cannot penetrate our
hearts as long as we have not forgiven those who have trespassed against us.
Love, like the Body of Christ, is indivisible; we cannot love the God we cannot
see if we do not love the brother or sister we do see.136 In refusing
to forgive our brothers and sisters, our hearts are closed and their hardness
makes them impervious to the Father’s merciful love; but in confessing our
sins, our hearts are opened to his grace.
- 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
