Forgiveness
Forgiveness is an important theme during this Jubilee Year and the season of Lent is traditionally the time to take a good look at ourselves. It’s an opportunity to reassess our relationship with God and one another. In what ways have we fallen short in carrying out Jesus’s commandment to ‘love one another as I have loved you?’. When we are truly sorry God always forgives us. If we try to excuse our weaknesses, he will give us every chance to change.
No one becomes fully human overnight, and as we mature, we need to experience the healing, reconciling action of the Holy Spirit. The Church celebrates this action of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of reconciliation and it is completed when we return our forgiveness to our families and friends. The more we grow in our understanding of God’s everlasting love for each and every one, the more we will recognize our need for forgiveness and healing.
The sacrament of reconciliation is above all an act of God’s love, it is a personal moment to be lived in a relationship of love with God. It is not a routine or an ordeal to be gone through, but very much part of the personal renewal which takes place in each person.
Our parish Reconciliation Service will be on Tuesday 1 April 7pm
There will also be opportunities to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation if you are able to join in the parish pilgrimages to St Joseph's Shrine in Stockport and the Cathedral in Shrewsbury.