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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
FEAST OF CORNELIUS, POPE, MARTYR, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYR

Forgive us our trespasses

Being a Christian back in the third-century Roman Empire could get you into a world of trouble. Imagine being offered the choice of renouncing your faith or becoming lunch meat for the lions. It’s easy to understand why some folks opted out of their religion. Later on, however, when they thought better of it and wanted back in, some bishops said uh-uh: No amnesty for apostates. But not our saints Cornelius and Cyprian; they welcomed them back and fought against the rigorists to make it standard practice. Forgiving a great trespass has a way of engendering great love.

TODAY’S READINGS: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 7:36-50

“I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love.”


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