Tag: Forgiveness
Teaching kids about mercy
If our kids or their friends found themselves in trouble of some kind, would they flee to us? Or would we be last on their list if they needed help? How can we behave as parents, to help kids realise that we're on their side?
Ask for God’s mercy for yourself and others
Try to accept what the Lord has already told you in the scriptures, over and over: he would much prefer to be merciful, rather than just.
Ahead of Holy Thursday, Irish priest forgives radicalised teenager who stabbed...
In a powerful courtroom moment just before Holy Week, Irish Army chaplain Father Paul Murphy forgave the radicalised teenager who tried to kill him in a 2024 knife attack.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Neither do I condemn you
This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass for the 5th Sunday of Lent, Year C, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 6 April, 2025.
God’s mercy, forgiveness pave the path toward hope, pope writes
God's forgiveness is the source of hope for the faithful, Pope Francis wrote. "Indeed, with his mercy, God transforms us inwardly, he changes our heart," he said in a message to priests celebrating the Jubilee of the Missionaries of Mercy in Rome.
Pope prays for wounded families, says forgiveness renews hope, healing
"Forgiveness always renews the family, making it look forward with hope," the pope said in a video message to present his prayer intention for the month of March: "For families in crisis."
Abdallah family and i4Give reveal four steps to forgiveness
The I4Give Foundation has released their 4 Steps to Forgiveness, a new initiative to help identify how to forgive and comprise of acknowledgement, acceptance, surrendering to God, and voicing forgiveness.
Mercy and faithfulness on the shores of Tiberias
It is wonderful how the Church reminds us constantly of the mercy of God in the beautiful, diverse liturgies of our Catholic faith, says Joseph Boulos.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP’s 2024 Easter Message
'The scandal of the cross is not only the death of the man-God, but also His willingness to forgive. A willingness that we are called to imitate.'
Philippa Martyr: Going to Confession before Christmas
Last year in Advent I decided to issue a rousing pastoral letter calling the faithful to repentance. I’m going to do it again this year.
Melto D’Moronoyo: No matter the sin, you matter to God
We just have to accept that God does not see things the same way we do. The Scriptures constantly show that God loves the repentant sinner.
Philippa Martyr: Eight reasons for frequent confession
A reader wrote to ask Dr Philippa Martyr why she always encourages people to go to confession. As a lifelong "fan" of this sacrament, here's eight reasons to go more often
