\u2026The New Testament suggests that there is nothing more <\/em>paschal in character, nothing more closely aligned with the great transitus<\/em> of Jesus\u2019 death and resurrection, than the transitional moment represented by our repentance and God\u2019s forgiveness, which brings new life out of the death we\u2019ve constructed for ourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Rowan Williams noted in his book Resurrection<\/em> that the disciples\u2019 experience of resurrection was inextricably linked to their own desertion of him and their failure as his friends. When they encountered the risen Lord they experienced forgiveness. \u201cIf forgiveness is liberation, it is also a recovery of the past in hope, a return of memory, in which what is potentially threatening, destructive, despair-inducing, in the past is transfigured into the ground of hope\u201d (32).<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the far side of the resurrection, vocation and forgiveness occur together, always and inseparably \u2026. To know that Jesus still invites is to know that he accepts, forgives, bears and absorbs the hurt done: to hear the invitation is to know oneself forgiven, and vice versa<\/em>\u201d (35-36).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
more<\/a>! lol these three paragraphs include at least five of my obsessions (via Wesley Hill<\/a>; my emphases)\u2026 and see also the third paragraph in this comment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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