Saturday, September 10, 2016

The joy of forgiveness (Pope Francis)




          The joy of God is the joy of forgiveness.  It is the joy of the shepherd who finds his lost sheep; the joy of the woman who finds her lost coin; the joy of the father who welcomes home his lost son.  

  --Pope Francis, September 16, 2013  



  Image source:  Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 
  Return of the Prodigal Son (1667-1670), 
  National Gallery of Art, Washington

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