How to Forgive People

Somewhere I read that to help me forgive, I should ask God to Bless the person, who did me wrong. I have done so, now, even when I am in traffic, and someone bugs me, I say: God, bless him, his wife and his whole family, and I feel free.

When I found myself incapable of forgiving someone who had hurt me deeply, my priest introduced me to the Divine Mercy Chaplet (in Spanish “Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia). I thought it would be impossible to forgive, but with God everything is possible. I was able to forgive, felt a huge weight off my shoulders …the cross did not feel as heavy anymore) Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for your abundant mercy 🙏🏼

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the Violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - MARK TWAIN

"There is no peace without justice. There is no justice without forgiveness." - Saint Pope JP2

I think Bishop barron is one of the best Bishops I have ever found with deepest biblical knowledge. There is no doubt that Christianity and missionaries played a crucial role in many countries. I guess half of the worlds population have been uplifted in socially, culturally, economically by the missionaries.

My husband and I have a situation with years of history that we have been unable to resolve despite counseling and so many prayers. With Bishop Barron's suggestion that we leave the past behind, I will begin today to move forward with my husband.

I like that. Regardless who caused the harm - it ends here with me and it ends here with forgiveness.

I believe Bishop Robert Barron knows how to forgive all those nasty comments against him online. He’s someone who lives out his beliefs!

If God continually forgives me of the sins I’ve committed against him, how can I deny forgiveness to those who have wronged me?

"Father forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." - JESUS (Luke 23: 34) NRSV

I don't have too much of a problem with "forgiving" but it's the subsequent relationship thats the issue. There are many people that I interact with (at work, family) that I have forgiven but afterwards I keep them at a distance. At first I thought it was because I didn't REALLY forgive them, but no, it's not that. I understand that everyone is on their own journey and doing their best, etc..... I think rather that it's because I am very careful with who I trust and confide in. And when someone "wrongs" me significantly, I keep a distance. I pray for them and forgive them. But the "close" relationship is lost. This has led to very few good friends. But I'm ok with that. I would feel like a fake otherwise.

“Where you stumble, that is where you dig for treasure.” That helped to clarify so much of my personal frustration with myself and my continued failures and weaknesses that accompany me into the confessional frequently.

This clip addressed two perhaps of my most fundamental issues with navigating my perception of the faith and navigating life day to day. I'm inept at forgiveness, and appreciate the value of understanding 'Forgiveness' on a fundamentally Christian level. Additionally - as a Catholic convert, raised in emotionally driven and contrare to reason Charismatic and Protestant Christianity, I was asked my entire childhood "Do you feel His Presence?" and "Do you believe in Jesus?" My intellectual answer would be "Yes, but I have questions of reason to the second one." And on the first question I would be moot, because I didn't actually feel emotionally what i was being asked all of the time. This clip answers why i don't feel emotionally charged all of the time what I thought was the delimiting element of being a genuine believer in Christ, and due to the trauma that I and a countless multitude of us suffered as children being raised in an imperfect world (original sin, anyone? Who is to blame (Forgiveness..?)) - Due to that sense of injustice, I have been practically lost while not trying to be on the issue of forgiveness - And due to Brandon's and Bishop Barons articulation, am able to bracket the role of practicing Christianity (Y'all need to write Books on discerning the perception of emotions and navigating day to day decisions and life). Praise the Lord, my Homies!

Think of what forgiveness cost Jesus. It will never cost me that much. Take the first step. Don’t wait for feelings. ❤ Thanks Bishop Barron

Thank you Bishop Baron for elaborating on this topic. Forgiveness is a habit not a feeling. If God in your most wretched state forgave your transgressions who are you but a mere mortal not to forgive. ✝️

I became Catholic 4 years ago, after 6 decades of life. I found out in RCIA that the concepts I had about Catholicism were so far away from what is the truth. You said that people are taking what they know of Christianity from headlines & caricatures. I believe that is what's happening. When I think of how I used to live, I feel sorry for anyone who will not open their minds to the truth.

It is not easy to forgive someone try to kill you! But with God ‘s grace (with the fifteen years of prayer for forgive this person ). I have done that and I feel God ‘s tremendous love and mercy for me and also for the person that offense me. Thank you Jesus! And Bishop Barron!

God bless you BP. Barron.

I learned something recently from the book The Power of Silence (pg 218) that taught me everything I need to know about forgiveness. My apologies if this is mentioned in the video. The quote is as follows: Dysmas de Lassus: I would simply like to recall a story. One issue of the magazine Cahiers sur l'Oraison [Notebooks on Prayer] reports that before leaving for the gas chamber, a Jew wrote on a slip of paper: "Lord, remember also the men of ill will, but do not remember then their cruelties. Remember the fruits that we have borne because of what they did. And grant, Lord, that the fruits that we have borne may one day be their redemption."

Thank you for the reminder. We all have someone in our life we need to forgive and put it behind us, quit hanging onto the past because it will Not change. Pray as you said for our enemies and family. Have a blessed weekend. ❤