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I believe that those who can’t be forgiven are those who are either

not aware they have done something wrong
or, refuse to admit they have done wrong.

In the first case, it is relatively easy to resolve. You make the person aware they have wronged you, and they say they are sorry, and you forgive.
In the second [...]

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Our deepest fear is not that we’re inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking [...]

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Today in Church we heard about the tale of Lazarus and of how Jesus brought him back to life. The homily given was how this illustrated the possibility of hope and renewal in all of us. Not only can we be brought out of our sins, but we can also be brought back ouf of [...]

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I have a tape of John Vanier giving a lecture on CBC Ideas regarding the concept of Forgiveness. I have played it to death, and still I find what he has to share with us humbling, and very deep.
I listen to it and imagine an ideal world where the guilt of rejection for either real [...]

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I tend to treat God as a separate being with His own will. I believe that the goodness of Jesus can never be fully revealed to us, and until it does, if it ever does, we don’t really have any idea of His thoughts. I am not happy with our separation, but I feel it [...]

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