Word: forgiven
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...father: "When he asked to see me I was unsure. But I said to myself, 'I need to be an example. I cannot tell people to do this if I cannot do it myself.' We have spoken; he told me what he did. He had no reason. I have forgiven him. It is hard, but I forgave." The prisoners she works with are helping to rebuild the homes of survivors. Rebuilding their faith in their neighbors might take a lot longer...
When Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to eliminate illegal drugs from "every square inch of the country" by Apr. 30, listeners could be forgiven their doubts. This was the man, after all, who once pledged to untangle Bangkok's perpetually snarled roads. Traffic, it turns out, is still a problem, but early results of this new drug war suggest that traffickers are becoming an endangered species. During the first week of February, the police announced that 9,232 alleged dealers were arrested, and nearly 7,000 more surrendered. Authorities seized upwards of 41 million amphetamine pills. It seemed Thaksin...
...bromide as fatuous as the thought that to understand everything is to forgive everything. Gobodo-Madikizela knows that forgiveness is less a matter of understanding than of a more profound motion of the heart--a transcendence. The importance is not so much that it absolves the one forgiven as that it cleanses the one who forgives...
Lesson: it pays to get paid like the boss. What's possible? Despite a recent furor, "loans that might eventually be forgiven are still on the table," says Peter Hillman, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke, a New York City compensation law firm. Likely candidates for loans include sales execs, who may land a sign-on bonus too. Also on the table for V.P.s and up: club memberships, private-school tuition and a relocation deal that puts cash in your pocket...
...against us.” These words remind Christians that we are as accountable for our inner thoughts as our visible deeds. We are called to erase repercussions from anyone who may have harmed us as completely, lovingly and without restraint as we hope to one day be forgiven by God. One of the fundamental beliefs of Catholicism and of all Christianity is the power of God’s forgiveness. St. Therese of Lisieux wrote, “Jesus has forgiven me more than St. Mary Magdalene [a prostitute and disciple of Jesus] since He forgave me in advance...