Apologies, Forgiveness & Reconciliation

Canadians are well known as a people who readily say “I’m sorry”. And it’s true. I catch myself saying it all the time. And yet, that’s not a bad trait for us to embody and for us to be labelled with by others who know where we are from. The caveat of course is that we need to always be conscious of not over using the phrase to the point that it loses the essence of what it really means.

Saying we are sorry, seeking forgiveness and desiring reconciliation are cornerstones of our spirituality and the relationship we are called to have with God, each other and all of creation. Jesus was sent by God into the world to model what forgiveness and reconciliation look like. As such we are called to learn from Jesus what it means to seek forgiveness and to do what we can to bring about reconciliation where we know there is brokenness and compromised relationships. Read More.

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