Quotes About Forgiveness

All of them knew me, too. They knew that I had been a bad daughter and that my father had been a bad father, but that he had loved me all the same, as I loved him."21 This was the one fact she had to hold on to, as if, were she to let go of this belief, she would disappear. Once she said, "It was as though my father were at the center of a black circle and anyone who ventured inside vanished or was destroyed in one way or another.

As no man is beyond God's mercy, so none can be beyond mine[.]

There was Sheila Walker who was six, and who, I am ashamed to say, Jean and I used to terrorize. She did ask for it - she grizzled and told tales - but still, we should not have fed her on dandelion leaves and then told her they were deadly poison. I see that now. At the time, it seemed like a good idea.

Here is one with a gift for loving and a gift for hating, and when he hates, God help the man who earns his hatred.

Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?

Los muertos no hacen daño. Los vivos son quienes nos lastiman.

Be kind to people, just be kind. You never know what other people are going through, so whenever you can, however you can, be kind. Be true to yourself. When I say that, I mean just live life the best way that you can, honestly, decently. You won't be perfect. You'll make mistakes, maybe hurt people, and people will hurt you. But that's okay as long as you can know that everything you did, you did with the right intentions.

Never regret love," she says. "That's my motto. I don't ever regret having loved someone too much, only not loving someone enough.

Es que no hay forma de decir en voz alta que se puede odiar a alguien por morirse, como yo la odio a ella

What right has a non-worldly, a discarnate, God to forgive any human being? … he is not to be found, his grace and mercy are not to be found, anywhere but in the past of human violence.

salvation does not bypass the history and memory of guilt, but rather builds upon and from it.

prayer is in significant part about resolving conflict and rivalry. If people prayed seriously they would be reconciled.

The Eucharist is our symbol of what it would mean for the Lord's Prayer to be answered fully: God feeding his people through the death and resurrection of Jesus, which establishes that new community of the Spirit in which forgiveness is the common currency.

The crimes you paid for as a parent: excruciating, to be blamed for something you'd never dreamt of doing, or huring someone you'd give your heart's blood to...One thing you learned as a parent was humility.

You can't love anyone when your heart is filled with hate.

don't care what he did or where he's been. It's made him who he is, and I like that.

You can move a lot of garbage across the bridge of love: alcoholism, infidelity, addiction, abuse.

Imagine the thoughts of serial killer and mutilator Jeffrey Dahmer when he ended up in prison. He felt great remorse, which he confessed on several occasions. He had ruined his life beyond repair. If Wisconsin had the death penalty, he would have earned it. Who could he turn to except God? Certainly no human would hear the cries of his heart and believe the depth of his sorrow. Only God could.

Lejano clavicordio que en silencio y olvido no diste nunca al sueño la sublime sonata

Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.

We can also recite the failures of institutions and systems that are near and dear to us. The good news is that the past can be forgiven.

I like the way everything is clear and concise, you'll always be forgiven but you must know the rules