Steeped in forgiveness and mercy (Fr. Patrick Michaels)

    To preach, your faith needs to be steeped in forgiveness and mercy. You need to understand just how much it cost to die for your sake, to give life to you by giving up life. It's necessary to have an ongoing experience of repentance, recognizing what is wrong and growing from it. No one travels through life in perfection; we fall daily -- we lose sight of the power of God's love at work in us, and we need to be forgiven so that we can be forgiving. How can you preach repentance unless you know it from the depth of your being, unless you know how much you are loved, and unless you can live from that love? 

--Fr. Patrick Michaels, Homily, July 11, 2021 

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