Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Myself (and others)

We know we need forgiveness, yet it can be hard to think that God will forgive us.  We think we are not worthy.  We might think that because we keep committing the same sins over and over that God will stop forgiving us.  When someone offends us over and over, we might want to stop forgiving them.  Fortunately for us, God is not like that.  What other reasons do we have to think we shouldn’t be forgiven?  Why else might we not want to forgive someone else?  .  Here are the slides and preliminary questions for this video.

For more on mercy:

• My three part series:
  • "Introducing the Year of Mercy"
  • "Mercy in the Sacraments and Acts of Mercy"
  • "Exploring the Meaning and Need for Mercy"
• The one part version
  • "What Comes After the Jubilee Year of Mercy?"
• "The Journey to Jesus: Acts of Mercy"

For more on healing see Fr. Jeff's series, Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World