Forgiveness is Not the Same as Reconciliation

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

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🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard the expression, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine?’ Surprisingly this well-known phrase does not come from the Bible but a poem by the English poet Alexander Pope.

Today, Fr. Mike shares some great insights into the process of forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration and how God offers all three stages to us in the Sacrament of Confession.

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0:00.0	So I have done videos in the past on forgiveness.
0:02.6	So what forgiveness is.
0:03.5	And so I just want to recap that a little bit.
0:05.1	Not to repeat myself.
0:07.0	Not to repeat myself.
0:08.0	How many things Father Mike Smith and this is Ascension Presents?
0:18.2	I think it's worth noting that forgiveness is not the same thing.
0:21.8	I'm over it.
0:22.8	Forgiveness is not the same thing as, oh, don't worry about it.
0:24.6	There's nothing to forgive.
0:26.0	Forgiveness is not the fact that, oh, I feel fine now.
0:28.8	I'm not hurt anymore.
0:30.2	That none of those things are forgiveness.
0:32.6	Forgiveness is nothing more and nothing less than rooted in justice.
0:36.5	Again, this is so important for us.
0:38.4	Forgiveness has to be rooted in justice or else it's fake.
0:42.0	It's a fiction.
0:43.0	It's not real.
0:44.0	Here's what I mean.
0:45.0	Whenever someone has done something to us, to you, or you've done something to another
0:49.1	that has hurt them, it's cost them something.
0:52.4	When someone has hurt you, it's cost you something.
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