“Appreciating God’s longing for us to come home is the moment we open our eyes to grace: forgiveness is not earned—and it draws a line under what has gone before. It says that no matter what you’ve done or left undone, no matter how unlovable you think you are, God’s love, which heals all, is poured out for you. For you. God wants to restore relationships with both the individual disciple and the body of the Church.”
–Caroline Essex, Alison Lyon, and Samuel Wells, “How to Confess Sin,” in Liturgy on the Edge, pg. 142
