Let us begin in quiet at peace in God’s presence.
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Let us begin in quiet
at peace in God’s presence
Early Christians tried to live Jesus’ teachings every
day
One of the hardest had to
do with reconciliation
Jesus was asked how much we should forgive
His answer was challenging
He told his followers to
forgive someone over
and over
early Christians tried to do
this
and found that it worked
How? They realised that keeping a
grudge took a lot of energy
by forgiving what someone did to them they were
able to free themselves of
thoughts of revenge
think about it…how do you
respond when someone hurts
you
if you are always eager to get
even think about the effort involved
the effort in planning your revenge
and making sure that you do not
lose face
all that effort and at the end you are still miserable and
hurtnow think about trying to reconcile
and how it feels when the other
person says sorryand we can get back
to normal
Think of a time when someone has
done something bad towards you. Whether it be an action or unkind
words…
Write it down on your piece of paper.
Are you still holding a grudge?
It is just as important to forgive as it is to be forgiven.Take a minute to forgive the
person who has been unkind.
Let it go….Screw up your piece of paper
and throw it in the bin.Throw away all of the animosity that you are
holding towards that person.Forgive and move on!
Let us pray
Lord, You have said “blessed are the
peacemakers – they shall inherit the
earth”
today help us to be peacemakers
in our class, on the corridors, in our
community
help us to be generous and
forgivingto all we meet , Amen