Healing Through Forgiveness and Compromise | SA&SP Couple's Meeting (Fr. Matthias Shehad)

In this SA&SP Couple's Meeting, Fr. Matthias Shehad discusses healing through forgiveness and compromise in marriage. He explains how unresolved emotional wounds from childhood and past experiences can affect relationships and create conflict. Fr. Matthias emphasizes that healing involves restoring trust, emotional safety, communication, peace, unity, and love—not just avoiding conflict. He highlights the importance of identifying personal wounds, practicing honest communication, listening actively, embracing vulnerability, and sincere repentance. Fr. Matthias also addresses common harmful behaviors like avoidance, defensiveness, and scorekeeping that hinder healing. Forgiveness is defined as a continuous choice to release bitterness and choose love, essential for lasting unity. Compromise is presented as a key to resolving disagreements by prioritizing peace and unity over being right. Fr. Matthias encourages couples to seek God as the ultimate healer and to be patient through the healing process, keeping Christ at the center of marriage. #MarriageHealing #ForgivenessInMarriage #ChristianMarriage #MarriageCounseling #EmotionalHealing #CompromiseInMarriage #StPaulHouston #Coptic #FrMatthias Subscribe to us on YouTube https://youtube.com/stpaulhouston Like us on Facebook https://facebook.com/saintpaulhouston Follow us on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/stpaulhouston Follow us on Instagram https://instagram.com/stpaulhouston Visit our website for schedules and to join the mailing list https://stpaulhouston.org