{"id":4045,"date":"2026-11-13T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:19:08","slug":"forgiveness-as-a-gift-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/forgiveness-as-a-gift-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness as a Gift of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tplzi0AJDso\"><strong>Forgiveness as a Gift of Love.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all know how it feels to be hurt and how difficult it is to acknowledge the harm we\u2019ve done to ourselves. We hurt others with words and actions, but also when we are indifferent to their suffering. Forgiveness is understood as the free choice to give a gift (inspired by love and compassion) to others or to oneself. It stems from recognizing that we are indivisible human beings who can cause harm as well as protect; act cruelly and choose justice; each person is an indivisible unit whose history, biology, culture, and relationships shape the way they live, without erasing the voice of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Renouncing revenge offers us other ways to respond to harm without sacrificing justice. Demanding protection, going to court, or seeking safe mediation can be compatible with forgiveness. The person who caused the harm has a responsibility to acknowledge what happened, admit it without excuses, make amends as much as possible, and change their behavior. It is important to distinguish forgiveness from reconciliation and the restoration of trust (which entail additional conditions and commitments). No one is obligated to return to a dangerous relationship or remain silent to prove they have forgiven; self-forgiveness also requires honesty, as does treating ourselves with compassion while accepting responsibility for our decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Forgiveness implies freedom, space to acknowledge the pain, and respect for each person\u2019s pace. It cannot be imposed as a family, religious, or social requirement. Its meaning is love without sacrificing one\u2019s own dignity or that of others, and without opening the door to lives based on inflicting suffering in return for the suffering received. To reflect on your own understanding and practice of forgiveness, you can take the free EPRA-REM forgiveness test.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stmarys.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_78NVsG5utWZLAEe\">https:\/\/stmarys.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_78NVsG5utWZLAEe<\/a><\/p>\n<!--a=1--><!--a=1-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgiveness as a Gift of Love. We all know how it feels to be hurt and how difficult it is to acknowledge the harm we\u2019ve done to ourselves. We hurt others with words and actions, but also when we are indifferent to their suffering. Forgiveness is understood as the free choice to give a gift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflexiones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions\/4047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministeriomct.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}