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This is the fourth part of Father Stephen McDonald's personal retreat on the sacred heart.

This episode is on the prodigal son. Father examines our repentance and the ability of our Lord to forgive infinitely.

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Now here's Father MacDonald.

We looked in the last series of conferences at the spirit of humility, a spirit taught and lived by our Lord Jesus Christ,

a spirit which is absolutely necessary for the Apostle of the Sacred Heart.

It is of course a spirit that recognizes that all good comes from God,

a spirit that recognizes our own littleness,

our need for mercy,

that we are all sinners in need of God's forgiveness.

The danger, of course, is that in considering our sin,

our unworthiness, our littleness,

we could become paralyzed by this consideration

of our sinfulness. And of course, the devil tries to bury a soul with despair, with

discouragement, tries to rob them of hope.

Of course, the devil tries to make us forget that Christ loves to show mercy,

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