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Madeleine L'Engle

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.

Madeleine L'Engle

Forgiveness

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As we grow older, the true measure of our lives will be how much love we have shown, and most of us will fall short in that judgment. The speaker relies completely on their strong belief that their Lord’s forgiveness is loving and unconditional, which gives them the courage to seek help despite their shortcomings.

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I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!

Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.