In Matthew 6:12 we read a version of the prayer Jesus taught us that runs a little differently from the version you likely hear at Mass. Jesus instructs the disciples to use these words: “Forgive us ...

Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity. In the version of the Lord’s Prayer that appears in the Gospel ...

Quotations to stir heart and mind. Praying for forgiveness is a vivid reminder that God frees us from debilitating guilt and forgets our past. No sin is written with indelible ink. He that cannot ...

The word "forgiveness" means “to dismiss, to release, to leave or abandon.” A judge that has "dismissed" the charges against a defendant means that person has been forgiven of any wrong doing. This is ...