Tagged: sinner
Circle of Good: Loving the sinner
featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Our parents and spiritual mentors taught to hate the sin and love the sinner. This haunting story, compelling me to share it. The author is unknown and the facts cannot be authenticated. Like a biblical parable, the message touches my heart and causes me to think and perhaps change the way I react...
Friar’s Corner: The heart of Christian life: Christ’s loving mercy
2 Samuel 12:7-10,13; Ps 32:1-2, 5,7,11; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-50 The first and gospel stories today are expressions of God’s mercy and forgiveness for the humans he created. This mercy is completely unmerited. God’s love or mercy is a theme throughout the Bible. The Hebrew word is hesed. It is translated mercy except in...