Forgiving Ourselves
April 6, 2025 It doesn’t always happen, but all the readings for today do have a reference to an important theme - the theme of not getting stuck in the past, forgiving ourselves for what we have done, and moving forward. So we have Yahweh telling the people of Israel who have not been faithful to him: Do not remember the former things , or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing . T hen we have Paul, who spent the earlier part of his adult life, oppressing the followers of Jesus, telling the Philippians that he has decided to forget what lies behind and strain s forward to what lies ahead . And in the Gospel reading, Jesus tells the woman who has been caught in adultery: Has no one condemned you?” (Then) , “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.” Why is it so difficult sometimes to forgive oneself and move forward? I know parents who looking back at their lives as parents realize that th...
