Forgiveness

Amid the noise, a reminder of the power of grace…

Brian O'Neill on October 5, 2022, 7:15 pm

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At times Slugger can be a noisy place. Some months we can hit 15,000 comments. I confess at this volume of comments, I do tend to skim over most of them; I imagine you do the same. But every now and again, a comment stops you in your tracks, like this one from Mancunian Deb: Interesting article. I’ve been saying for 30 yrs that N Ireland can’t easily move forward if it’s hauling along behind it weighty bags overflowing with …

Forgiveness as release whether it is acknowledged by the perpetrator or not

Fr. Martin Magill on May 8, 2016, 8:13 am

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During a recent visit to the USA, I attended an event entitled “The Language of Forgiveness” in a Festival of Faith and Writing in Calvin College, Michigan. It was an interview by a journalist Jeff Chu with two people of colour, an Episcopalian priest Kelly Brown Douglas and a poet lecturer Shane McCrae. As they discussed the issue of forgiveness, Douglas commented that when someone forgives, two things happen – firstly, the “forgiver” often experiences a freedom within him …