S2E21 Lent — "On Forgiveness" with William O'Flaherty (Part 2)

Exploring the second part of C. S. Lewis' 1947 essay "On Forgiveness." Here Lewis turns our attention to how we can accept forgiveness from God and how we can (and ought to) forgive others when they sin against us. As we wrestle with how this challenges and encourages us in our own lives, William provides some good perspective and advice from his experience in the world of counseling on how to go about the process of forgiveness. Since, as Lewis says, "to be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

Our guest William O'Flaherty can be found —

Online: ⁠EssentialCSLewis.com⁠

YouTube: ⁠Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis ⁠

Podcast: ⁠All About Jack⁠ or to go directly to his ⁠"Essay Chat" episodes⁠

Books: ⁠"C. S. Lewis Goes to Hell"⁠ and ⁠"The Misquotable C. S. Lewis"⁠

Twitter: ⁠@essentiallewis⁠

Facebook: ⁠Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotations Group⁠

Here are links, should you want to read ⁠⁠"On Forgiveness," ⁠⁠ or listen on YouTube: ⁠⁠"On Forgiveness."⁠⁠

The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album ⁠⁠The Cathedral Project,⁠⁠ is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.

The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."

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