Tag Archives: unforgivable sin

The having of forgiveness

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Rosalind C Hughes

It seem to me that the way to remain unforgiven is to look forgiveness in the face and to mistake it for something altogether other, like a child in a hall of mirrors who sees distortion as reality and recoils … Continue reading →

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Bernard Mizeki and the ultimate blasphemy

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

It’s back – the unforgivable sin, the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, tucked into the readings for the commemoration of Bernard Mizeki, catechist and martyr. This time, we read Luke’s contextualization of the epigram. It is interesting in its little … Continue reading →

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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Earlier this week I posted “Unforgivable,” a meditation on how we read and receive the threat of unforgivable sin as presented in this week’s gospel. I shied away from defining the unpardonable; blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I maintain that … Continue reading →

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Unforgivable

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

So you think you’ve committed the unpardonable, unforgivable, permanently staining sin. Welcome. It is amazing, isn’t it, that with all of the gospel good news telling us how much God loves us, how ready God is to forgive us, how … Continue reading →

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