Sentence examples for extend forgiveness from inspiring English sources

As we ask God to forgive our faults, let us also extend forgiveness toward others who may have caused us harm.

I knew I had to extend forgiveness immediately".

The new strategy did not extend forgiveness or legal status to any illegal immigrants.

Should she, as the queen, extend forgiveness to someone who, by the show and historical documents' account, betrayed his country?

"But even someone like Harry" – who not only slaps the child, but turns his violence on his wife as well – "can we extend forgiveness there?

To his victims, it's hard to extend forgiveness or compassion to somebody who won't help prosecutors unravel the details of his crime, irrespective of Madoff's claim that he is "deeply sorry and ashamed".

To be sure, forgiveness is a very complex matter, and "just forgiving" can't be tantamount simply to extending forgiveness in response to an offender's confession; nor can "just forgiving" be tantamount to a victim's generous offer of mercy to an unapologetic offender.

Two years ago, when Mark McGwire finally publicly apologized for using steroids, I argued that extending forgiveness to McGwire was a necessary step toward a broader reckoning with the fact that the vast majority of steroid users from his era — other potential Hall of Famers very much included — will probably never be exposed: … baseball fans need to make a choice.

Only if the abuser were to apologize and make some effort at amends, at least, could I see then extending forgiveness to the abuser, and I would consider this a charitable act on the part of the survivor.

First and foremost, forgive yourself, and if then you feel called to forgive any others related to the situation, you can extend the forgiveness to them too.

Rohmer doesn't seem to suggest that, in general, one would or should extend such forgiveness; rather, he depicts the exceptionalism of circumstances and characters.