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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Friday, March 4th, 2022. Today is also the feast day of a Polish saint who lived in the 1400s, St. Casimir. St. Casimir was the son of the Polish king. He was very, very devoted to both Mary and Jesus.

He took on all forms of suffering to purify his love.

And he was a favorite saint of St. Pope John Paul II.

He's a great example for us, once again, to resist greed, to resist ambition, and to instead

devote our lives to Jesus.

Now, this week, we have been talking about the first of the seven deadly sins, and this

sin is anger.

Although anger can be good, in fact, as a proper response when we see someone speaking against God or harming another person,

anger becomes a sin when it turns into hatred. When we stand with our fists clenched,

when we hate someone for no real reason, and when we seek revenge.

Yesterday we talked about the first of two lessons that we hear from Christ on the cross.

He says this simple phrase.

He says,

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.

And from this sentence, we can see that the big reason why we should always be quick to forgive is that

there's always some level of ignorance, right? The person that has harmed us, there's something they

didn't understand. There's some part of ourselves that we don't understand. And because of that,

there is always room for forgiveness. Now, the second lesson from this very simple phrase,

Father forgive them for they do not know what they do,

is that forgiveness should be practiced without limit.

Maybe you remember that story from the gospel

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