Beware Yon Dragons

A regular running monologue of opinions and ideas from a "country priest".

This blog represents the personal opinions of Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah, and is not necessarily representative of the position of St. George Catholic Church, in Republic, Missouri, the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, Bishop Steven Lopes, or the Catholic Church as a whole.

Not One More Day

March 28, 2025

Which is harder -- to get shot with a bullet, or to say I'm sorry? Which is harder -- to have a tooth pulled, or to admit publicly that you are wrong? Which is harder -- to break a drug addiction or to forgive someone for a grave offense? These all may be difficult, but that last one is probably the hardest. I cannot count how many people I have met in my lifetime (even Catholics) who say that there is someone that they just cannot ever forgive. I always point out that Jesus tells us that refusal to forgive will damn someone to eternal Hell (cf. Matthew 6:15), but the response of most is something akin to, you don't understand what he did to me. We can call it holding a grudge or harboring resentment or even protecting oneself, but in the end it is a failure to forgive; and that is a grave sin. It may be hard (very hard), but it is necessary. Do not let another day go by without forgiving those (all of them) who have wronged you.

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