Forgiveness is an important part of our life in Christ: “be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). How merciful, how forgiving do we need to be? We need to forgive and love like Jesus, who on the Cross as the most innocent victim suffering for our sins prayed, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do…” Forgiveness is not natural–it is supernatural. Through a life of grace, our union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus in prayer and the sacraments of the Church, we are