Healing

Reconciled with my father

Ifeanyi O. Parishioner · St. Vincent de Paul

A parish retreat opened a door to forgiveness I had locked for years.

Anger toward my father shaped too many of my adult years. A Lenten parish retreat asked us to examine unforgiveness without excuses.

In Confession I named it. In prayer I released it. The phone call home was awkward and holy. We are rebuilding, slowly.

Healing of relationships is a miracle of grace as real as any other. The parish gave me the space and the Word to begin.

  • forgiveness
  • family
  • retreat

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