Today’s Gospel reading at Mass is so central to what Lent is for and actually what the whole dynamic of Christianity is in outlives- forgiveness which begins with God’s forgiving us and then through the enrichment that God’s forgiveness provides for us, we then forgive those who wrong us. The cycle of God’s love in our lives is nothing less than this cycle of forgiveness.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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