In the life, to say "sorry" to someone that could be a polite action, but for many times, we should say it. We all make mistakes and sometimes we say and do things that hurt of upset other people. More often that not, we end up feeling bad about these events and the emotion of regret takes over from our feeling of anger. We suddenly feel the need to say sorry for our actions and beheviour. Actually, for us Christians not only try to say "sorry" to the others, but also we should say "sorry" to God, because we are sinners. Especially, in the season of the ending of liturgical year, we should reflect on our Christian life.
Saying sorry to another person can be a way difficult to do. It can take us a long time to offer an apology, sometimes months or even years. In very times, we offer resist saying sorry because in our own mind, we feel that there is nothing to apologise for, also there is the feeling for losing face or backing down, which can put us off apologising to someone indefinitely, thus preventing us from ever saying sorry to that person. This could be very dangerous, because your conscience is getting numb, also that you will be isolated by yourself.
When we say sorry... we offer our apology, we show our remorse, we apologise profusely, we ask for forgiveness, we want to make amends. Saying "sorry" can be the hardest thing in the world to do, but once you have done it and it has been accepted. Then a huge weight will be lifted from your shoulders and your frindeship will be saved, very often you will get a big surprise.
In the New Testament, many times we read the topic of saying "sorry", in a special way to God, such as "The Parable of the Lost Son" and "The Tax Collector's prayer". In the first parable, the Lost Son said to his father "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son"(Lk15:21), and the second one, "the Tax Collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed: O God, be merciful to me a sinner" (Luke18:13). Both of them, for their saying "sorry" to God sincerely, they really got peace of mind and God's mercy.
It is a goodness to try to say "sorry" to the others. Saying "sorry" to God, it is really helpful for our souls and our salvation. Don't mind how to say it, just do it by your heart, as this "Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
天主聖三，我們感謝你將教宗若望保祿二世，賜給教會，使他彰顯天父的慈愛、基督十字架的光榮，及聖神愛的光輝。他完全信賴你的無限仁慈，及聖母瑪利亞慈母般的轉求。他給予我們耶穌善牧的生動肖像，並為我們指出成聖是基督信徒日常生活的必然本分，又是通往與你永恆共融的道路。請你因教宗若望保祿二世的轉求，依照你的旨意，賜給我們所需的恩寵。願他早日被列入諸聖的名冊。亞孟。
