Forgiveness Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/forgiveness/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:21:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Forgiveness Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/forgiveness/ 32 32 The Laity’s Response to Sex Scandals https://mind-at-work.com/the-laitys-response-to-sex-scandals/ Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:21:14 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=3213 Even before Catholics could fully grasp the enormity of the sex abuse scandals in their church, new revelations came in waves. And they have continued. Among the latest are that the Church paid more than $4 billion in settlements and lost over $2 billion more in “lost membership and diverted giving”; that within the last [...]

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]]> The Most Frightening Words in Scripture https://mind-at-work.com/the-most-frightening-words-in-scripture/ Thu, 28 May 2015 19:57:26 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=1431 The most frightening words in all of Scripture are the ones most of us repeat every day: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” It’s all too easy to rattle off these words without thinking of their implication. And that’s what is frightening. The Lord’s Prayer petitions God to be only [...]

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