• As we prepare for the second Jubilee Year Pilgrims of Hope Retreat, which focuses on hope for prisoners, rehabilitation, forgiveness and the abolition of the death penalty, take some time to reflect on this quote.

      Is there someone you need to forgive? Is there something in your life for which you need to forgive yourself?

      If we want a more just world, we have to take the steps toward forgiveness, so that we can be merciful to others – even when it is difficult and even when crimes a person committed were unjust. Forgiving things that are hard to forgive brings us closer to Christ and to one another.