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8 Feb 2018

Forgive Another For Yourself

Et demitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.

Sic dicendo, homo, indulgentiae modum, mensuramque veniae tu tibi dedisti, qui a Domino tantum tibi petis dimitti, quantum dimiseris ipse conservo. Dimitte ergo delinquenti in te totum, si vis ipse de tuis nihil Domino debere delictis: in altero dimitte tibi, si vis vindicem vitare sententiam.


Sanctus Petrus Chrysologus, Sermo LXX

And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

So saying, O man, you have given to yourself the manner and measure of forgiveness, that you ask the Lord to forgive you as much as you forgive your fellow servant. Forgive, therefore, all to the one who wrongs you, if you wish that you have no wrongs before the Lord. Forgive another for yourself, if you wish to avoid the avenging sentence.


Saint Peter Chrysologus, from Sermon 70

1 Mt 6.12

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