The first words of this Lamb-Priest are tender in the face of His hate-filled antagonists, and they are timeless and love-filled as they reach to you and me today. But they are also teaching words for us who would be taught how to find hope for a hopeless day, and our first lesson is this: To find hope for a hopeless day, begin by forgiving everyone who seems to be trying to ruin your life. Hopelessness is as common an emotion and as real a reality as any of us experience. Hopeless days are the result
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