Lord, do not hold this sin against them.

3RD WEEK OF EASTER Lord, do not hold this sin against them. Unforgivable. If Stephen’s brutal murder were being covered on today’s news, you might hear a reporter use that word. But Stephen himself disagreed. In the midst of his terrifying ordeal, even as the stones...

Lord, do not hold this sin against them

SAINT PETER CHANEL, PRIEST AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL)   Lord, do not hold this sin against them.   How could Stephen possibly forgive the people who were stoning him to death?   Perhaps the answer is that it did not come out of nowhere.   Scripture...