We receive testimonials from couples all around the world who have healed their relationships by praying together. These people found that Venerable Patrick Peyton was right when he said, “The family that prays together stays together.”
These couples also discovered that Pope Francis had good insight when he said,
"There is no perfect family. We do not have perfect parents; we are not perfect; we do not marry a perfect person or have perfect children. We have complaints from each other. We disappoint each other. So, there is no healthy marriage or a healthy family without the exercise of forgiveness. Forgiveness is vital to our emotional health and spiritual survival. Without forgiveness, the family becomes an arena of conflict and a stronghold of hurt.”
To forgive another can be difficult. To forgive ourselves can be even harder. But, the one who said, "Courage child, your sins are forgiven," is still inviting us to receive His forgiveness. He invites us to accept His forgiveness and then “Rise up, pick up your stretcher and go home,” and pray with your family so that you may forgive each other.
Are we ready to accept His forgiveness? Are we ready to rise and go home to pray with our families, for insight into our sins, and for strength and courage to forgive ourselves and them?
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Father Pinto's inspirational homily was recorded live this morning during Mass at the Father Peyton Center. Please view the video on our Facebook page. (You don't need a Facebook account to view.)
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