The Rehabilitation Journey of Offenders
Punishing criminals is not enough; they must face the consequences of their actions and their effect on others, and...
Forgiveness
Pope On TV Talks Forgiveness, Friendship and Prayer
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis told an Italian interviewer that forgiveness is “a human right.” “I’m going to say...
Repentance on death row?
Dale Recinella, a Catholic prison chaplain, explains how a death sentence distracts an inmate from getting right with God.
When Are Our Sins Forgiven?
Question: I cannot answer Catholics and others when they tell me they are forgiven for sin when they ask Jesus...
Forgiveness For All or For Many?
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: During Mass, at the consecration of the wine, the priest says, “for the forgiveness...
Why Is It So Hard For Us To Say Sorry?
A cheesy cartoon from the 1970s had the slogan, “Love is… never having to say you are sorry”. I think that...
To Try and Love is to Know God
As an old man looking back over his life as a Christian, as someone who had walked and talked with Jesus, had listened to him preaching, seen him die and had experienced him as risen again — as he approached death, the apostle John found himself writing increasingly about the centrality of love.
Build Bridges: Lent Needs a New Image!
Here is an opportunity to build bridges. This season offers us the opportunity to move away from the conventional slogans and frigid promises. It will demand a deeper faith and a lot of courage, like stepping out of a dark cell into a new light.
If All is Forgiven, What of Hell?
Roy Glover, Tzaneen – I have always admired reading the articles by Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI. Most are excellent and some brilliant, however I was very disappointed to read his article “How we get God wrong” , because I think such articles do far more harm than good.
