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Last on 14 - 20 May

Is there a limit to forgiveness?


Faith can teach us a lot about forgiveness but it can also burden people with guilt when they find that their capacity to forgive has been challenged.

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"I am not a Christian, but I think that there is so much good in the forgiveness shown by this family. I would hope that I could be as good as them. I hope." — Reg Burns's comment on Ray Donovan's film
"I think before forgiveness there should be justice, contrition followed by compassion, and time, but it is a very personal thing and certainly different circumstances will give rise to different emotions." — jim666's comment on Shad Ali's film
"Charlie Ryder, am trying to imagine what my reaction as a young person to a puppet show explaining how throwing bricks at people was wrong would be." — gironaut's comment on Charlie Ryder's film
"Unfortunately there was a little more to this than was expressed, this guys father was one of many victims in a war that nobody won." — Gareth hanna's comment on John Finucane's film
"This is not a forgiveness issue. If Symran thought she had made a mistake and wanted to get back "in" with her family and they said no then we could say they refuse to forgive. Broadly speaking, a price was set and Symran paid it to have her own way." — Raj's comment on Symran Kahani's film
"Dear Kelly, what happened to you when u were seventeen is something that can happen to anyone. Although it is saddening for the victim's family, this has been difficult for you as well. There is forgiveness available to those who are willing to accept it." — Sosnios N's comment on Kelly Connor's film

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