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This revised and expanded edition of Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach will equip and inspire you to move toward forgiving those who have hurt you. With the power of God's grace, you can work through the process of forgiveness and find freedom in Christ.
This book teaches all about forgiveness: what forgiveness is and what it isn't; how to forgive and why. It addresses questions that Catholics grapple with today more than ever before: forgiving the Church; working with anger; forgiving when we can't reconcile; forgiving and not condoning behavior; and how forgiveness doesn't mean we forget, but helps us remember differently.
Filled with many vignettes of contemporary transgressions that have been transformed through acts of forgiveness-including situations of domestic violence, the Rwandan genocide, and the attacks of September 11, 2001-author Scott Hurd insightfully includes a chapter on "Forgiving the Church," which many believers will find helpful as we continue to struggle with the revelations of sexual abuse by clergy and its cover-up.
Hurd's Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach faithfully reveals the many misunderstood dimensions of forgiveness: it's not something to be earned, forced, or deadline-driven. Forgiving is a decision, a process, and often a lifelong journey.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length3 hrs 32 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Praise for Forgiveness
2Foreword
3Part I: WHY FORGIVE?
4Chapter 1: A Lovely Idea?
5Chapter 2: Forgive for You
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6Chapter 3: Forgive for Others
7Chapter 4: Forgive for God
8Part II: HALLMARKS OF FORGIVENESS
9Chapter 5: No Fair!
10Chapter 6: No Exceptions
11Chapter 7: No Strings Attached
12Chapter 8: Forgive and Forget?
13Chapter 9: Stand Your Ground
14Chapter 10: Free, Not Forced
15Chapter 11: Kiss and Make Up?
16Chapter 12: Close Your Umbrella
17Chapter 13: All Things Are Possible
18Chapter 14: Forgiving the Church
19Part III: HOW TO FORGIVE
20Chapter 15: Pray It Through
21Chapter 16: Receive God’s Forgiveness
22Chapter 17: Give What You Receive
23Chapter 18: Broken Bread for Broken People
24Chapter 19: Forgive Yourself
25Chapter 20: Walk in Their Shoes
26Chapter 21: Lower the Bar
27Chapter 22: What Did I Do?
28Chapter 23: Get Mad, Just Don’t Get Even
29Chapter 24: Let’s Talk About It
30Chapter 25: Keep on Keeping On
31Chapter 26: Check Your Pulse
32Chapter 27: The Choice Is Ours
33Appendix: A Final Word … About Where to Begin
34Acknowledgments