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Änσnymσus

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Re: How to make up for scandalizing family members
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2024, 12:37:00 PM »
I mailed a anonymous letter to my niece correcting her on the dangers of witchcraft.  I included a booklet that included holy scripture too.  Poor young people today try to fit in and aren’t prepared to stand for their faith.  

And regards to my parents, I limit my contact but my husband and I are there for them in case of emergencies.    

When you do try to evangelize do it in a gentle manner.   Be patient.    And pray and fast.   This is for me too. 

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Re: How to make up for scandalizing family members
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2024, 01:43:34 PM »
I think it depends on what was actually said and what you apologize for.  I don't think anyone should ever apologize for saying the truth but instead on how it was said or how you came across.  If you told them "If you don't convert to the One True Faith you will go to Hell."  Then you should not apologize or retract.  If you said the same thing but with a lot of extra insulting words then you should apologize for HOW you said it but not for WHAT you said.  So more context needed for more accurate answer.
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Re: How to make up for scandalizing family members
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2024, 01:59:21 PM »
Quote from: Änσnymσus on January 14, 2024, 01:43:34 PM
I think it depends on what was actually said and what you apologize for.  I don't think anyone should ever apologize for saying the truth but instead on how it was said or how you came across.  If you told them "If you don't convert to the One True Faith you will go to Hell."  Then you should not apologize or retract.  If you said the same thing but with a lot of extra insulting words then you should apologize for HOW you said it but not for WHAT you said.  So more context needed for more accurate answer.
It's true that one shouldn't apologize for speaking the Truth, but the OP expressed, sufficiently in my opinion, that they failed somewhat in Charity by stating, "I was full of bitter zeal, said things I shouldn’t have, insulted them".

 4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up  5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
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Re: How to make up for scandalizing family members
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2024, 05:43:01 AM »
Swallow your pride.  Pick up the phone; calls to everyone you scandalized.  Tell them you realized you came across as the rear view of a horse.  Apologize, ask forgiveness.  Whether it’s granted or not, get on with it.  Oh, and if was mortally sinful or a frequent venial sin, go to Confession.  
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