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Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Homily for Saturday of the 2nd Week of lent
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Forgiveness and reconciliation are the heart of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To be a dedicated disciple of Jesus is to be dedicated to the work of reconciliation, even when we have disagreements and differing opinions.
Forgiveness demands our facing our responsibility in hurting others, as did the Prodigal Son. Often, this entails putting aside our own agendas, desires, and control, as well as our own hurts, so that we can see the goal of reconciliation and work toward that as we also deal with our hurts. This is difficult but it’s what the Gospel calls us to do. We’re called to balance reconciliation and healing rather than vengeance and punishment. This is the same difficult path that the father in today’s Gospel reading must walk between his two sons.
May we dedicate ourselves to the hard work of reconciliation: to forgive without reprisal, to humbly work to bring healing to those we have hurt, and to restore to hope and dignity, those who have suffered at our hands.+
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