History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.
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Homily of Fr. Michael O'Connor from Mass on September 17, 2023 at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS
The Forgiveness Prayer:
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Referenced Readings:
Sir 27:30-28:7
Rom 14:7-9
Mt 18:21-35
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Would you like a copy of the Forgiveness prayer? You can download it here. files.ecatholic.com/2609/documents/2023/9/Forgivness%20Prayer.pdf?t=1695053085000
Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for teaching us to forgive as you did while on the cross. And thank you Lord for blessing us with Father Mike who is doing his wonderful ministry of reminding us of what you expect from us. God bless you all my brothers and sisters.
thank you father for joining us together Jesus he’d leads us forward what path is greater you an your intellect guide us forward to To those who listen tothese words of wisdom continue to strengthen your boobies heed the great teachings of father Mike who we may alsoAcknowledge as a rabbi teacher who brings us forward the great knowledge we continuously look forward to absorbing into our life may we continue to push forward and I knowledge the true apostles of our time thank you father Mike for being such an inspiration to us all
I have so much respect and love for this man. I'm not a catholic, but I'm drawn to it greatly. I'm 70 so there's still time.
MOST DEFINITELY!!!!!
Yes Father Mike is wonderful! Come home! It is never too late. All are welcome.❤
Powerful sermon 👍 We all need to seek humility and forgiveness.
Fr.Mike, thank you for such a beautiful gift; the forgiveness letter. You have such beautiful concern,love for all of us, your parish family and those beyond your parish. You are a great Shepherd.
Thank you Fr. Mike for the beautiful prayer of forgiveness. We all needed to hear it today!
The most difficult thing we face as human beings is to forgive those who hurt us.
All this "forgiving" business is OK as far as it goes but there should be room in your life for a little hate, it keeps everything in perspective. If you forgive everyone for all the wrongs they perpetuated on you then it will bottle up inside you and the weight will be too much to bear, one day you will explode and they will have to carry you off to a mental institution where you will be strapped into a straight jacket and put in a padded cell for the rest of your sad, sorry, miserable life. To avoid this happening you should vent your feelings, strike out and hurt the people who are trying to hurt you, Don't just get angry, become sneaky, there are hundreds of ways to get even and make them sorry they ever crossed you. Learn how to impose hexes and curses on them and express your hate in so many practical ways, you will feel much better and it will give you a lot of satisfaction, this is the way to good mental health for yourself.
@@Lili-Benoventyou are a sick and twisted individual. Child of Satan, Repent!!! Vengeance is mine says The Lord. God will judge those who have sinned against us if they like yourself do not repent. You may get a little satisfaction in your revenge, but the you'll spend eternity in the torment of hell. Satan's greatest trick is having people believe he and hell don't exist. I guess you bought into the lie. Repent before it's too late. Give up this evil sorcery and witchcraft. You've been warned.
Wow Yes All of it!
Amen amen. Thank you, Fr. Mike. Today’s sermon was tremendously full of tangible, real life spiritual guidance.
God bless you Father Mike for your GOOD homilies not found somewhere else. Your eyeglasses fit well with clean-cut with no beard-of-lumberjack-from-forest. Keep up the GOOD work! May Archangel Michael protect you!
Beautifully said Fr Mike! Thank you for this message. We’ve all been wronged in this life in one way or another. Peace and Grace to all that forgive others.
Amen 🙏✌️✨🥰 Thank you , Father O’Connor 🙏✌️✨🥰
Thank you Fr Mike. This has helped me tremendously. I struggle with these things every day.
Thanks Father, a great sermon
Thank you so much Fr. It would wonderful to have a copy. Many blessings and I truly appreciate you.
WOW. HOW can I get a copy. Thanks again Fr. Mike
Wow!
Amen
I’m saving and sharing this. 😢
Fr. Mike. I am sharing this video with my family. Very helpful! Thank you Fr.Mike. Thank you for the link to print forgiveness prayer Fr. Mike gave towards end of video ❤
Thank you Fr.Mike for your Guidance and Leadership Lover the sinner, hate the sin
Once when I was praying, I thought of a teacher who treated me very badly in school, and I said inwardly, how am I ever going to forgive her? I heard a voice in my soul say “if you don’t forgive, I can’t forgive you”
7X70 times we must forgive! Pray the Rosary every day and have Faith and Hope in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior 💓🙏
Please pray for me Fr. Mike
🙏 Yes; I forgive. Please forgive me. 🙏
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
We must to forgive almost a half million times.Yes Sir and ma'am
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Amén
Forgiveness IS hard.
You never fail to inspire me, Fr Mike. Thanks so very much! ❤️
Such a homily that leaves out nothing all so helpful to change and always forgive .Jesus is our teacher we are His pupils. This homily will change many who reflect over and over again. So thankful for all you give us with love. We should become saints .that is what we are called to be. Huge thanks Father Mike
Thank you so much for your sermon en for the prayer for forgiveness. Is it possible dear Fr Michael, to share this prayer with those who couldn’t visit your church and take this prayer with them, like me, living in The Netherlands? It would be a great help to me and to them I would share this prayer with, by translating it in Dutch. May God bless you and keep you! In Jesus, your Casparina 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
You can find it by doing a search on Fr. Robert DeGrandis Forgiveness Prayer. The link I posted was removed 😢
@@mburke49 Thank you so much! I have found it 👍🏻❤️😉
Father, the prayer touched so many areas in my heart🙏🏻. Thank you
Father, 11 years ago I figured out the SECRET on how to follow Jesus Christ. Of course, it was never a secret... being once I fell in Love with God, I understood and comprehended His Love. I intended to share this with a friend, who happened to be a pastor of a Protestant church, but before I was finished and was cut off and mocked. The pastor thought I was bring obtuse, thinking I knew more than theologians. Anyone reading this reply, trust me. My life as a follower of Jesus Christ has been tremendous but you must cave, if you will, to appreciate God's Love. Discern this!!!! In addition, I recommend "Imitation of Christ" by Thomas Kempis.
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Thank you sharing your story. I recently ordered this book as well, so I’m looking forward to reading it. May God Bless You 🙏
@@annettestevenson8521 I hope you enjoy it. I've read it twice and write blog posts based on each chapter... how it has changed my life.
Amen. The " Secret " is worth sharing once we realize it!! Not understood by many, though, yet share we must. Was baby steps for us, so we need to remember baby steps for them and maybe even more than it took for us to Get It. God bless your journey to your Next Step, too!!
We must forgive from the heart, not just our wills. It must be real through caring for a soul, not just as a means of having our own sins forgiven.
In Poland we rather say that history likes to repeat itself .....thank you Father for your words . 😇🙏
Thank you Father for that forgiveness prayer! There's a person who has repeatedly insulted me and it's hard to forgive that person however God has helped me via your message 🙏🙏🙏 There are limits set now however that doesn't stop my praying for them. I grew up Lutheran however became a confirmed Catholic to marry. This has earned the anger of another person 😢 my sibling and we have an extremely difficult relationship. I am a work in progress too! God bless you always.
Sometimes we have to pray for the willingness to desire to forgive. I learned that by experience.
can you post the forgiveness prayer you read this morning to your website?
History does keep repeating itself according to Ecl 3:15 'What is, already was; what is to be, has been already'.
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I’m having trouble truly forgiving myself and letting go of my sins from the past. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations? Even a video to share? Thank you
If you have made a good confession of your sins, then your soul is wiped clean. Some people have a difficult time accepting God's Mercy, but you must trust that he forgives you of your sins. Blessings!
FatherMike, I believe God has forgiven me, I pray I’m forgiven …….
We forgive for the horrors of "holy" inquisition
If God doesn't forgive us unless we confess our sins, say we're sorry, and ask for his forgiveness.... Why are we required to provide a 'blanket of forgiveness' to those who never ask our forgiveness, never tell us they're sorry and never repent from hurting us? As I understand it, if we don't want God's forgiveness He doesn't give it to us. I agree, it is meritorious to forgive someone who doesn't ask us for forgiveness. But, I don't believe it is required to forgive those who never ask us to forgive them.
..Jesus’ followers went down to Lake Galilee. It was dark now, and Jesus had not yet come to them.” (John 6:16-17 NCV). The disciples had done exactly what Jesus said, and look what it got them-a night on a storm-tossed sea with their Master somewhere on the shore. They had been on the sea for about nine hours before Jesus came to them. That’s a long night. Why did Jesus take so long? Or, why does He take so long? Why does God wait until the money is gone? Why does He choose to wait until the other side of the grave to answer the prayers for healing? I don’t know. I can only say He will do what is best. “God will always give what is right to His people who cry to Him night and day, and He will not be slow to answer them.” That’s a promise of Scripture (Luke 18:7 NCV) and what a promise to cherish❤❤❤ For the intentions of all of our brothers and sisters in need of prayer, especially those in need of purgatorial prayer, through Christ our Lord. Amen. ❤❤❤