Forgiveness Friday Prayers LIVE

On this Forgiveness Friday, we’re talking about the relationship between forgiveness and repentance. Repentance means recognizing what needs to change and choosing a different direction. Forgiveness means refusing to keep carrying the offense. And when it comes to ourselves, we often confuse repentance with punishment. We think that if we really regret what we did, we should keep feeling guilty, ashamed or unworthy. But changing your direction does not require hating the person you used to be. Today, we’re talking about owning what happened, learning from it, making amends where we can — and then accepting that forgiveness includes us, too. You can repent without rejecting yourself. Bring your prayer requests.