{"product_id":"the-ignatian-guide-to-forgiveness-ten-steps-to-healing-9780829450071","title":"The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness: Ten Steps to Healing","description":"\u003cb\u003e2021 Illumination Book Awards, Bronze Medal: Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forgiveness is hard. But Jesus knows how much we need it. True forgiveness can be complicated because the pain of betrayal, loss, deception, and personal attack clings tightly to our emotions, memories, even our bodies. We may intend to forgive yet become stuck in our own mixed motives, others' silence or anger, and the skewed stories we believe and tell about our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e, Marina McCoy delves into the principles of Ignatian spirituality and uses gentle honesty to lay out 10 steps toward forgiveness, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSort out true desires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonor anger while deepening compassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake friends with time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a new story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e. . . and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each chapter offers stories, real-life steps to take, and a powerful prayer for healing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forgiveness\u003ci\u003e is\u003c\/i\u003e hard, but it's also possible--with our \"habits of mercy\" and God's abundant grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCoy, Marina Berzins:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMARINA BERZINS MCCOY\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at Boston College who works on themes of vulnerability, rhetoric, and self-knowledge, among other topics. She is also a married mom to two adult children. Along with her teaching vocation, Marina enjoys accompanying others as a spiritual director and volunteering at a men's prison, leading discussions of spirituality.","brand":"Loyola Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903622517010,"sku":"9780829450071","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6483b56d-fb04-455f-948e-9dffdb0c1f4d.jpg?v=1738500439","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ignatian-guide-to-forgiveness-ten-steps-to-healing-9780829450071","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}