reconciliation from luke 23

Jesus is a reconciler of people, not a divider. He wants to bring people together, not finalize separations.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself: for every man has need to be forgiven.

“What happens here may be expressed by the quite simple and yet unfathomable word, ‘forgive.’ What occurs when I forgive another person? It does not mean . . . that I can ‘forget’ what he did to me. I...