Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Friendship

1. From your perspective, what is forgiveness?

2. It is one of the seven sacraments of the Church in which a sinner is called by Christ to undergo conversion by confessing one’s sins to the priest, who is acting in the person of Jesus Christ, will, in turn, grant forgiveness or absolution of sins to the penitent with which God provides the repentant “pardon and peace,” thereby enabling the sinner to become reconciled with Him (CCC 1423-1424; CCC 1548)

• Sacrament of Matrimony

• Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

• Sacrament of the Eucharist

• Sacrament of Baptism

Choose the correct answer that best represents the value of friendship

• Juan befriended his classmate Clarence as he is an intelligent student in the class and skillful in playing piano, yet gossips about him to other people.

• 1. Carl decides to become friends with Ruben, who hails from a noble family because he intends to get money from this person.

• 1. Jesus Christ called his disciples as friends, exhorting them to” love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 15:12-15)

• 1. Marco tolerates his friend, Angelo, who habitually throws his paper along the school hallway during recess.     

Complete the missing words: According to Alexander Pope, in his poem “An Essay to Criticism,” he said, “To Err is _____, To Forgive ______.”

• 1. Human, Divine

• Wrong, Right

• 1. Evil, Angelic

• 1. None of the Above

5. 5. Why forgiveness and reconciliation are crucial aspects of one’s friendship with other people? Explain in one sentence only