My friend's sister died yesterday, if anyone could say a prayer for her. She doesn't have many people to pray for her. God bless

When I returned to church and being a fully practicing catholic 5 years ago, I was compelled to ask quite a few people to forgive my actions and words towards them in my past. It was very hard to do. I was astonished that all I asked forgiveness of said the same thing, "there is nothing to forgive" they knew better than I and I cried over their responses. It was truly an eye opening freeing thing.

AMEN. THE most constructive way to be able to forgive, especially when we are having great difficulty doing it, is by praying that God help and Bless the person who has hurt us, just as Our Lord taught us to do. This removes the hurt from us, and helps the wrongdoers also. It's a win/win.

From a human point of view it is very difficult to forgive people who hurt us especially if they never say " i m.sorry..."but Jesus tells us to forgive,so the first step towards forgiveness is to pray for our enemies day after day,in the end we will feel so light in the body too.

We MUST ALWAYS forgive to the point of martyrdom. I often reflect on how Our Blessed Mother felt at watching those men beat and nail her son to the cross. How any mother could endure that level of cruelty and hatred towards her child is unbearable to fathom. However God gave her the supernatural grace to endure this and like her son she could forgive those who did these evil things. When we are in Heaven we will see that to forgive was one of the most important thing we needed to learn while here on earth. Our Father forgives us the terrible crimes that we commit so we must also forgive others and ourselves.

Today is the feast of Saint John of God. *Lord, Your thorns are my roses and Your Suffering my paradise.* ~Saint John of God 💙✨ #PrayForUs 🙏

Thank you 🙏🏻 I've had similar experience with one of my own sisters, who died full of hatred for me, though I never wronged her, but she wouldn't accept mmy faith and set out to harm me in many ways. It was all utterly heart breaking and harmed many others, her own children included, and despite all my best efforts, I loved her to bits, she died riddled with cancer while still in her early 50's,and since then I have many times been visited by her deeply suffering spirit, and I continue to pray for her to be released. 🙏🏻🕊️🌿💖💖

For years and years I have prayed daily for the two people who hurt me the most, asking that God bless them the same way I ask to be blessed. I still don't feel any affection or love towards them and have no idea how to accomplish this. I express my forgiveness every single day and ask for forgiveness for my tendency to still hold a grudge. I'm trying but I'm stuck.

Father please publish a list of your monthly reading recommendations. Thanks. God bless and take care of you.

Tku again that’s on what we will be judged not on our accomplishments Praying for you at adoration 🙏

God Bless You Fr. Mark It is better to Forgive if we can When we Forgive we set ourselves Free. If we ask The Lord God to give us the Grace to Forgive the Lord does Amen🙏❤️ Without love even the most brilliant deeds count as nothing St Therese🌹 of Lisieux Pray for us St Joseph Terror of Demons Pray for us Viva Cristo Rey

JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU SAVE SOULS! Reparation prayer saves a soul and repairs 1000 blasphemies. Good to add during Lent in your spare moments Impirmatur Cardinal Fossati, Turin, Italy. 1949

♥️ “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32) Excellent homily!! ♥️ I loved reading “The Amazing Secret of Purgatory.” Finding out that the sins which most lead to Purgatory are those against charity, against the love of thy neighbour, hardness of heart, hostilities, slandering and calumny was very eye-opening. In her interview with Sister Emmanuel, Mystic Maria Simma said those who have a good heart toward everyone have the greatest chance of going straight to Heaven, as love, humility and abandonment to God are the three keys to going directly to Heaven. We must all be ready to forgive one another, just as the Lord has forgiven us. Thank you Father Mark for this very important reminder. God bless you always!! ♥️ “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” - C.S. Lewis ♥️ Viva Cristo Rey! ♥️

If Jesus could forgive those who nailed him to the cross....how much more can we forgive others🙏

Thank you Father Goring. As always, you deliver an important message. God Bless 🙏 Viva Christo Rey!

Very timely homily for me today...how did you know? Thank you so very much! You are my spiritual morning coffee🙏

This is so difficult- I reflect on forgiving those that hurt me everyday (truth). Yet I still find myself struggling with hurt and anger from what has been done. I do not seek revenge, to be honest, I’ve often times given my pain from others to God. I’ve witnessed that God truly does handle those that cause us pain appropriately. We truly reap what we sow. I know I’ve been handed harsh lessons that make me reflect on the hurt I’ve caused others. With that being said, I do forgive those that have caused me pain, but when I’ve attempted a renewed relationship with those people, I find myself being treated (mistreated) the same as before. Therefore with many, while I forgive them as I know and respect we are all human, I must accept that having close ties with some cause me harm which results in death of part of my spirit (self esteem). I pray for all whom have caused me pain, I ask that they be granted God’s wisdom, grace, and mercy and I leave it there.

AMEN and AMEN HALLELUJAH Grant all your people the virtues of forgiveness because we all need your forgiveness in Jesus ' name I pray AMEN

Thank you Father Goring for share all the scripture blessed Father Goring God bless

When I pray I pray for those souls living and deceased and the deceased in Purgatory, and last year around Easter while I was praying with my eyes closed and my head bowed down I had a vision, I wasn't scared, but I saw what I could only best describe a someone in kind of like a choir robe that was like a silver/gray color, I was unable to look up to see a face, but this figure hugged me and vanished. The best I figure is that maybe it was a soul that was released from Purgatory and on their way to Heaven and that was a thank you for my prayers. God Bless and remember to pray for these souls.

Amen! Blessings to you Fr. Mark and everyone. His love and peace to you all!💗📿🙏

Forgiveness is very hard to do,but it is a must do,for healing and health a long road after years of abuse when something triggers a memory and the hurt comes up again I must forgive again 🙏 and walk 🚶‍♂️ on ,Glory to God Father Son and Holy Spirit amen, thank you Fr Mark God bless you for the reminder ❤💯👍👍

Pray for those suffering souls!

Thank you as always for giving us meaning to help us understand and live by🙏🏻🌹God bless you🙇🏻‍♀️🕊🕯

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner 🙏💙✝️💟💛

Wonderful homily, Fr!!

Fr. Mark I also recommend “Get Us Out Of Here”. Maria Simma speaks with Nicky Eltz. This book changed my way of thinking and my life.

Pray an act of perfect contrition every day

Oh Father this is such a Hugh thing for us to do in life !! We are going to get hurt probably by someone we care about and yes we need to forgive as Our Father in Heaven forgives us! Love and blessings family ! ✝️🥰🙏

Beautiful 🌹 Thank you Father Mark 🌹

Thank you for showing us God's Truths that we need to be aware of! God wants us to forgive because He wants us to reflect Him....He forgives! We will be beautiful mirrors of Christ when we let go of bitterness and anger....and instead are FILLED WITH THE BEAUTY OF FORGIVENESS!

Started Mary's Mantle Consecration with a group of women on Ash Wednesday. Today's reflection is on... FORGIVENESS. I SEE MARY MOVING US TO JESUS. I please those who have hurt me at the foot of the cross and with Jesus united to me... embrace them. Amen

Amen Fr. Mark! 🙏❤️ Forgiveness is Key!✝️❤️

This was a huge wakeup call. I have a huge grudge against my mother in law, for almost 2 decades she's done things to me and others that I won't discuss but that I feel are unforgivable. Everytime I try to "forgive and forget" those memories rear their head, and I find those bad feelings festering up again within me. I have no peace when I'm around her. I've been to confession numerous times for this, it's like a cycle. This is the only relationship I have with strife. Please pray for me that I may overcome these deadly feelings and finally put an end to this un-forgiveness in my heart. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Lord Jesus Christ unite us through Your Love ❤️‍🔥

Ty🙏🏼Fr Mark🙏🏼♥️♥️🙏🏼♥️🕊✌️🦋

Father mark , you are helping me to pray again thank you bless you and me thank you , michael in melbourne australia

I would love to go to this Church.

Christ promised Lusia Piccarreta protection from God's full wrath in areas where her book,"The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ," are recited, and save a soul with each word recited She is approved by the Church, endorsed by Padre Pio, and lived on the eucharist for 64 years

Another great message father

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Thank you Father Mark, beautiful sermon, God bless all good and faithfull priests. 🙏

There is a quote that says if we refuse to forgive someone it’s like mixing up a toxic cocktail and then drinking it ourselves. If anyone has trouble forgiving someone it’s helpful to read the story of St. Maria Goretti in detail. She forgave her assailant before she died. We can imitate her great example and be free. It’s not good to allow a person to live in our head for a long time, thinking about old wounds. It can really affect one’s health, energy level and other relationships. When we forgive someone we do it for ourselves too. ~ Bob and Brenda

God is working wonders in your channel praised be Jesus Christ!

Please ask God to take away the attraction I have towards a priest. I started listening to his homilies and talks over the past few years and it has evolved into an attraction that is deep . He is so incredibly intelligent and humble. His qualities are immense as he fulfills and lives his vocation.

I just started reading the Christian book "Everybody needs to forgive somebody" today! I recommend the book ❤️💙💛 Jesus says to forgive 70 times 7 times

Pray for me Father Mark please. I need to forgive more fully. Thank you for this message.

The book “Get Us Out Of Here” by Nicky Eltz interviewing Maria Simms is a wonderful eye-opener!

Also to forgive someone is a “choice” you don’t necessarily forget but it is what the Lord’s Prayer is telling us. In my own life I have found when I forgave someone it actually made me love them more and I was eager to rebuild the relationship. 🙏🏻❤️

God Bless

I totally agree Fr Mark,and I need help grace to forgive my monster of a father. I have great anger rage and hatred for him yet I do pray for him as though he’s still alive. (Jesus has told me he’s in HELL). I pray for him so as to be set free myself NOT for him. Even now many year’s later to say the word dad is utterly repugnant to me! Thank you for your kind prayer’s and those of other’s who will read this comment. God bless. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!!

Thank you so much for your blessings God bless you Rev father in Jesus Name Amen

Amen. Read the book. Loved it so insightful. Forgiveness is difficult at times but so freeing. Have a blessed day Father Mark 🙏🏻❤️

Amen,

Thanks!

I always learn something from your videos, Father Mark! I didn't know there are different levels of Purgatory. Thank you so much for your book recommendations! I just finished Imagine Heaven by John Burke and it gave me enlightenment about Heaven and what we have to look forward to there. God bless you, your parish and all who watch these daily videos. Let's pray for peace in Ukraine and all over the world. In Jesus' name, we pray. AMEN.

This is me I have had hard time forgiving others but I've gotton alot better about it. I got alot of work to do for sure. GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

Forgiveness begins with a choice... An act of will. When I find it difficult to forgive someone, I pray, Lord please forgive that person on my behalf. I dont feel very forgiving right now, but I choose to forgive and someday my heart will match my words.

Amen thank you father. Forgiveness is the doorway to healing...

Thank you, Father. God bless you! (i’m at the beginning stage of my faith so my trust is still weak. I want to forgive my friend, reconcile with her and be friends again but it seems she doesn’t want to talk with me or clear the misunderstandings we might have. I thought we were close so i feel torn and devastated. i pray and wait for God’s will to happen but it’s difficult with my weak faith.)

Thank you for your great homiloes, the Holy Spirit speaks through you🙏✝️🙏

Amén

🕯️✝️🕯️ Amen may good God's love may come upon every people on this earth 🌎 soooooo sweet of you Fr to give us your great love from God you are blessed fr from above and the troubles you take to put the videos for us fr have a blessed night 🙏 from Bombay please pray for the world 🌎 not only your country or my country but for whole world 🌎😭🕯️✝️🕯️.

Good Shepherd ♥️✝️🛡️

Amen... Jesus forgive me🙏

God Bless you Father you are a true representative of The Christ.

No way I am going to purgatory because God is my Father, Mother, Brother and a dear Friend. Will walk straight to Heaven. With Him.

Thank you for this, Fr. Mark! I needed this reminder, not just about forgiveness but also the title of the book you recommended. I know from experience that when I have truly forgiven someone who has hurt me, it’s not just liberating but I have also sensed a new glimmer of dignity that comes from the Lord, and it’s the Lord that truly heals us by our willingness to forgive. Pride destroys our dignity and inner joy, and all concerned suffer. When I view it from afar, I can recognise the evil one at work within me, and that’s a sobering reality! Gosh, if I’m honest, I still have quite a lot of work to do on the forgiveness front, and I will read the recommendation book.

May God help us always to forgive. One of my close friends hurt me deeply a few years ago and I try to forgive her and pray for her and I wish nothing but good things for her family but I still can't bear to be around her anymore.

Father, please talk about not being able to forgive oneself.

If you forgive others, nothing negative could keep hold of you too. Anger, resentment, bitterness... None of it has any power over you

awesome!!!

John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

Sometimes you can no longer have a healthy relationship with the person you have forgiven from your heart. Forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation.

When people die, sometimes they will visit as spirits to ask for forgiveness. I have had that happen and as you just see them from the corner of your eyes, you need to pray for them and ask the Lord to have them forgive you and that if they are seeking forgiveness, that you forgive them. Only then will they move on. Viva Cristo Rey!

Thank you. Always a great reminder.

Thank you.

Thank you sooo much 💖

THANK YOU FATHER MARK. HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

Fr. I listen to you every night and you have helped me so much. I hope someday you become pope.

To make a long story short, the Lord allowed me to spend many weeks experiencing the actual horrific fires of purgatory. It was like having a flamethrower to my body, my mind and my soul - 24/7. HORRIFYING.

Afternoon father. God bless.

Great advice, as always Fr. Mark God bless 🙏.

There is always hope here in your channel Glory to God Father Son and Holy Spirit amen 🙌🙌❤

I also heard some advice. Honestly it could be from Father Mark. Or Matthew Kelly, or Father Mike Schmitz, I can't recall. But what I learned was... There are times you forgive, you want to forgive with all your heart, but your mind keeps bringing you back to the situation. Its troubling because you want to for give, so why does it seem you can't let it go? There is no answer to that, but I do know what to do now.. Every time it comes into my thoughts I use it as an opportunity to Forgive 70 times 7.. or every time, again and again. It does make me feel better doing that. And who knows perhaps every time I forgive, perhaps it smacks the demon trying to cause discord in me. Also if you want to really learn about forgiveness, I suggest Reading and learning about Father Ubald of Rwanda. I learned lots from that Holy man. God Bless. Viva Cristo Rey p.s. one of these times I just might type Viva Cristo Rye.. my dyslexia keeps wanting me too. lol 😅 I suppose He is the bread of life. lol

Great reminder Father Mark and it is only possible with God’s Grace. We know though how ‘freeing’ it is once we do it.

Thank you for this msg father Goring🙏😭 To forgive everyone

If we have trouble forgiving from the hearr, we can ask that Jesus allow us to forgive with His. Just until we are able to do it ourselves. With, of course, the understanding that we will continue to try extending that forgiveness until we can.

I pray for the people who continuously hurt me, but forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation, as some priests told me.

Amazingl. Fr Mark echoed an inspiration I received to include in a talk. Forgiveness is not an optional extra.

Wonderful book!!

Praise be to GOD ALMIGHTY 🙏 Viva Christore 💕💕💕

I always ask God's grace that I'm a forgiving person,Grace of forgiveness is one job my prayer.

Fr Goring: I believe it's possible to avoid people who have done us serious damage but still pray for them in charity and not do them harm in return. It's a way of insulating oneself from further damage. I have just such a situation in my life and have for many years cut off further contact with that person in mind. Your thoughts?

Targeted individuals are harassed every day several times a day and while sleeping. I've prayed for the people that cause this and the people that created this program. I've forgiven them but this is something i have to continually keep doing since the harassment has not stopped (been overtly harrassed since 2010) I forgive them but when they do it again makes me think of them again...then i repeat the same thing. God help me to forgive everyday.

Great book recommendation! Very rich but easy to read.

Amen, Yes we should forgive !✝️

I dedicate one bead on my rosary to those people I have a problem with, I still recognize they are also children of God, too. But it is difficult.

I am surprised that her friend would not have prayed very hard for her - to turn her heart of stone into a heart of flesh. I have prayed for people who have done atrocious things to me. I don’t want anyone to suffer on my behalf.

Sounds fair. You have to forgive to he forgiven. Beautiful 🙏✝️👏