The essence of love is forgiveness. This was one of the main ideas from Fr. Joe's homily that really struck me from the Sunday Mass for the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul. He mentions that these two men had the similarities of both being prisoners and also were responsible for spreading the Gospel to Gentils (Paul) and Jews (Peter). In fact both have letters attributed to them in the New Testament, Peter had two, and Paul had 13, with the majority of Acts written about him. The other thing these two had in common was their betrayal of Jesus. Peter denied out Lord three times at his trial and Paul was persecuting and killing Christians. Our Lord forgave both of these men and had an important role for them through his forgiving love, the spread of his Church through the proclamation of Jesus.
Forgiveness can be very hard for us, but if we forgive we are being the person of Jesus. By doing so we are showing loved and proclaiming Jesus good news.
Fr. Joe closed with a reflection of his priesthood and the joy that it brought him. He really exudes that joy. In seeing such joy it is a great example of vocation we should encourages for our sons and daughters to serve the church as priest, deacon, or religious sister or brothers. We all want our children to be happy and I think we see both Fr. Joe and Fr. Vince being great examples of happiness. Please pray about how to encourage our children to consider a life of serving the Church. May God bless you.
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