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Found it

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/170990 ... ies-in-the

'Suppose you read in the newspapers that your enemy did something wrong. Then you read a correction later, that it wasn't him. How would this make you feel?"

Not the exact words but the meaning is the same. I think it was by CS Lewis.
Does anyone know where it is from?

Thank you

Yes, you receive forgiveness. Yes, you get sanctifying grace. So are you disagreeing with Doom: In the Our Father, it says, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." This definitely seems like a condition. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tr...

Suppose I go confess.
I have committed one mortal sin, of which I repent.
I also committed a venial sin of withholding forgiveness, and I persist in it.
Do I receive valid absolution? Am I forgiven? Do I receive sanctifying grace? Why?

But Jesus says, if you don't forgive those who sinned against you, then God won't forgive your sins. So is that not to be taken literally, not teaching us about how and when God forgives; but merely an exhortation to forgive others? That isn't the only place. In the Our Father, it says, "Forgi...

But Jesus says, if you don't forgive those who sinned against you, then God won't forgive your sins.

So is that not to be taken literally, not teaching us about how and when God forgives; but merely an exhortation to forgive others?

Can someone who confesses their sins, repents of them - except one: the refusal to forgive - does he receive valid absolution? Let us assume the refusal to forgive was a venial sin in this situation. I'm trying to understand how the Bible verse comes into play here, Mat 6:15 and the parable of the u...

You know what else they are going to read? Where The Red Fern Grows To Kill A Mockingbird The Phantom Toolbooth Charlotte's Web The Indian in the Cupboard The Wind in the Willows In high school, they will probably read The Lord of the Rings I have nothing to add to the main conversation; I just not...

Doom wrote: ↑Thu Aug 21, 2025 3:59 pm They are imposing more brutal means of oppression!

Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

Thank you

Yay

Title says all

for Trump to bring the U.S. into a major new war in the Middle East would be contrary to his own longstanding rhetoric... But then, contradictory and reckless statements are par for the course with Trump. For example, Trump has portrayed himself as pro-life, but then came out in support of keeping ...

I'm with Fr Gabriel, Cardinal Pizzaballa and Pope Leo on this. May God protect Palestinian Christians.

I think you misunderstood. I was not suggesting the Bishop had the authority to regularize the status of people who are not here legally. I said if those who are in danger of being arrested and deported wanted to find relief from their fears they would be better off dealing with the reality of the ...

As many readers will have heard by now, last week Detroit’s new archbishop Edward Weisenburger suddenly fired three well-known professors at Sacred Heart Major Seminary: theologians Ralph Martin and Eduardo Echeverria and canon lawyer Edward Peters. https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2025/07/sufferin...

The Bishop does not control immigration policy, naturalization, or deportation; it is not within his power to give 'true relief" to the entire situation. He does have the powers vested by canon law and is the moderator of the Liturgy. Given that the Church recognizes at least some grave situati...