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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, March 5th, 2020. This week on the Catholic Spouts we have been talking about the vice of anger, how anger, first of all, is kind of weird.

It can be both good and holy that reacts to an injustice we see in the world, but more often than not, it can be a sin that leads to bitterness and ends relationships. We talked about the great words that Jesus gave to us from the cross. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

And how from this we get two powerful lessons on why we need to erase our anger and replace it

with forgiveness.

The first one is that we don't know what is going on with other people, and there is always

a reason to forgive them.

And the second one is that we are called to be like Christ.

We are called to forgive without limits, since Jesus Christ completely innocent was able

to forgive those that were crucifying him.

Now, today we are going to talk about why forgiving those in our

lives is so important for us on our walk to heaven. Now here it is. We are told over and over again

in scripture that if we forgive others, then our sins will be forgiven from us.

If we forgive the offenses that other people commit against us, the mean words they say,

the way they exclude us, whatever it might be, if we can forgive people when they treat us that way,

then God will forgive all of the ways that we mistreat and forget him. Now that is so powerful.

I also want you to think for a second about where the vice of anger comes from.

Well, just like all sin, vices and sin come from the enemy. Do you know who I mean when I say

the enemy? Well, I mean the devil.

The devil came into the garden and spoke to Adam and Eve,

and he tempted them to forget that God was good,

to instead take matters into their own hands,

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