(photo: Sherburne County, Minnesota (USA), Tom Delaney, 2025) Central Minnesota is blanketed in deep snow. The contours and features of the land get to be rounded and softer now, with a more resplendent and sparkling reflection of any glimmer of light. It makes you wonder if we are not cable of the same transformation -- … Continue reading Franciscan Advice: When forgiveness isn’t enough you need to clean house too! Here’s how!
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Forgiveness in Brief
(photo: Sherburne County, Minnesota (USA), Tom Delaney, 2025) Ice and snow, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever. ~ Daniel 3, Liturgy of the Word for Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Dr. Katharine Harmon and J.P. Mischhoff at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary located here in Central Minnesota, … Continue reading Forgiveness in Brief
Our Own Anger is Still Not Good for Us
(art: Church of St. Nicetas, Macedonia, 14th cent.) Whenever the Gospel accounts of Jesus driving out the money changers from the temple come up in the Liturgy of the Word, I often see an article or hear someone asserting that the Gospel account is proof that anger can be righteous and even a virtue. It … Continue reading Our Own Anger is Still Not Good for Us
Forgiveness Will Make Your Best Tomorrow
(photo: The Unjust Steward, Eugène Burnand, 1850-1921) The reading fro the Gospel of Luke in yesterday's Liturgy of the Word related the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-8). In this parable, a servant of a wealthy property owner is found to have squandered his employer's assets, property, and holdings, and is told to prepare … Continue reading Forgiveness Will Make Your Best Tomorrow
Acceptance is Engagement with Reality of Forgiveness
(art: God Answering Job from the Whirlwind, William Blake, 1805 to 1806) Acceptance of a hurtful event or transgression is so important for forgiveness that it can be truly be said that forgiveness is not possible without acceptance. In the forgiveness process, acceptance in terms of "yes, this is what really happened," is involved in … Continue reading Acceptance is Engagement with Reality of Forgiveness
Live and Forgive 