The Difference Between Forgiveness And Reconciliation For Catholics

Forgiveness is so hard, but why? Often, the desire for an eye for an eye overwhelms us, we want the person who hurt us to receive justice and be held accountable. But does holding on to the hurt and anger in fact accomplish our desire for justice?

Fr. George shares how we can forgive someone who has hurt us and how we can Biblically forgive.

Should Catholics Forgive and Forget?

Forgiveness is a above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

– St. John Paul II
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