God's Tender Mercy: Reflections on Forgiveness joan chittister and criticizing those we label

and criticizing those we label sinners and to see ourselves in their number

In doing so we become holy

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God's Tender Mercy: Reflections on Forgiveness joan chittister and criticizing those we labelSister Joan Chittister is a bestselling author for a very good reason. She takes difficult and even mysterious concepts and breaks them open for us. Here she tackles the virtue of mercy and its connection to forgiveness. She challenges us to stop judging, accusing, and criticizing those we label sinners and to see ourselves in their number. She invites us to be realistic about our own actions before we throw that first stone at another. This is