Let us begin in quiet at peace in God’s presence

Let us begin in quiet

at peace in God’s presence

Early Christians tried to live Jesus’ teachings every

day

One of the hardest had to

do with reconciliation

Jesus was asked how much we should forgive

His answer was challenging

He told his followers to

forgive someone over

and over

early Christians tried to do

this

and found that it worked

How? They realised that keeping a

grudge took a lot of energy

by forgiving what someone did to them they were

able to free themselves of

thoughts of revenge

think about it…how do you

respond when someone hurts

you

if you are always eager to get

even think about the effort involved

the effort in planning your revenge

and making sure that you do not

lose face

all that effort and at the end you are still miserable and

hurtnow think about trying to reconcile

and how it feels when the other

person says sorryand we can get back

to normal

Think of a time when someone has

done something bad towards you. Whether it be an action or unkind

words…

Write it down on your piece of paper.

Are you still holding a grudge?

It is just as important to forgive as it is to be forgiven.Take a minute to forgive the

person who has been unkind.

Let it go….Screw up your piece of paper

and throw it in the bin.Throw away all of the animosity that you are

holding towards that person.Forgive and move on!

Let us pray

Lord, You have said “blessed are the

peacemakers – they shall inherit the

earth”

today help us to be peacemakers

in our class, on the corridors, in our

community

help us to be generous and

forgivingto all we meet , Amen