Sunday, February 19, 2006
LAST NIGHT'S HOMILY
I'm still thinking about it. It wasn't "Catholic" in the sense of resurrecting the older teachings of the Church and reiterating them. The topic has gotten good press in even the liberal circles. Yet it still is Catholic.
The topic was sin and forgiveness, but the particular slant on it that Father used was the need to forgive yourself. He talked about how some people can hold on to past sins and regrets in a way that impedes present relationships, and that it is important to be able to forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made, because God forgives them. He didn't add that God forgives them after we make a good confession, but his entire package of belief in what the Church teaches would mean that is a given.
I wasn't going to blog it. After all, don't we already know that? Well, maybe not. Otherwise, why would Father have thought he needed to repeat it? Sometimes liberal and traditional Catholicism believe in the same things.
