Tag Archive: #forgiveness

Bishop Grob to Present: Forgiveness – or Not!

Our Lady of the Wayside parishioners are invited to join St. James Parish for a talk by Bishop Jeffrey Grob, “Forgiveness — or Not!” on Friday, November 17, at 7 pm, in the church. Wine and fellowship will follow. This [read more...]

Peace Through Forgiveness

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy [read more...]

Multi-Parish Reconciliation Services

As we continue our Lenten journey in preparation for the joy of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, Multi-parish Reconciliation Services will be offered at the following parishes, dates and times… Monday, March 27 at 7:00 pm – Our Lady of [read more...]

God’s Restorative Forgiveness

Our God is a living God, who sees and knows everything. The Lord is also a loving God, who looks into the depths of our souls: “Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance, but the [read more...]

Advent Series Week Three: Immaculee’s Story

Gear up for a powerful example of someone who has grasped the Lord’s hope for all of us in our forgiveness journey. Hear her experience of wrestling with the words from the Our Father, “forgive us our trespasses as we [read more...]

Advent Series Week Two: 7 Scriptures On Forgiveness

Continuing with Chris Stefanick’s 4-part Advent video series, this week features guests Jim Beckman and Fr. Kevin Gerarci from the Fathers of Mercy. Together, they go all in on the topic of forgiveness using 7 verses from Scripture to guide [read more...]

Forgiveness

What is forgiveness exactly? Maybe if we really knew what it meant, we’d be more willing to show it. Father Mike Schmitz teaches us that forgiveness is rooted in justice. It doesn’t forget or ignore the injustice done, but it frees [read more...]

Focus on God’s Love

Fourth Sunday of Lent In the story of the Prodigal Son, the older brother thought that he loved his father. In reality, he loved only himself. We know that the older brother was focused on himself based on his response [read more...]

The Courage to Forgive

“It does not take courage to exact revenge; rather, it takes courage to forgive and seek true justice.” In today’s gospel, Jesus compels us to fight evil through the power of good. “Love your enemies, do good to those who [read more...]

Father Mike Schmitz: Forgive and Forget?

Have you ever heard the expression, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine?’ Surprisingly this well-known phrase does not come from the Bible but a poem by the English poet Alexander Pope.