Series on “The Father” by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 9)
Do you trust God’s mercy? We are invited to bring to light those things that we are keeping in the dark and tough and trust that God, in his mercy, will love and care for us there. When we bring something to the Lord, it’s forgiven and gone; he no longer sees us with that. He doesn’t define us as a son or daughter who did this bad thing. To the Father’s eyes, we are not defined by our sin and our weakness but by His love and our capacity to live like His son or daughter. But at the same time, sin can still seriously hurt us, and the Father is also zealous enough to crush it and the things that lead us to it.
Today, we’re looking at God and His Mercy and trying to understand that a little bit. We’ll examine both the merciful God and the God who is indifferent to sin.
Here’s the link to the graph that we referenced in the video: https://bit.ly/pocofreedomgraph
You can get your copy of Habits for Holiness by Fr Mark-Mary Ames, CFR at https://ascensionpress.com/thefather
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