Forgiveness
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
With its repeated and insistent plea for the triumph of truth; for the pursuant emergence of justice; and for the eventual the reign of peace, Christianity also proclaims and affirms the imperative of forgiveness —especially during the Lenten Season. The virtue and need of forgiving have two basic elements: Man begging God for His forgiveness on account his sins, and man granting forgiveness to others on account of their sins to him.
Nothing less than the Sacred Scriptures say that the Lord Jesus taught but one prayer. And among the pleadings therein contained, this is prayed for: “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”
It cannot be more specific and concrete as this: The forgiveness asked of God cannot but go hand-in-hand with the forgiveness given to others. And rightly so: How could someone have forgiveness from the almighty Father without forgiving his fellowmen?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110317com5.html
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