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Being a patient, rather than a participant in one’s healing process, separates suffering people from their community and alienates them from an inner sense of self.
“I came into this world with mercy for nearly everyone, everywhere, and for all cats and dogs at the pound. A fat lot of good it did me. By five years old, I had migraines and the first signs of OCD. By about age six, along with innocence and wonder and truth, I put away childish things. They said to, the people in charge of keeping me alive. I did.”
― Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
― Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
“I was born with the same gift from God we are all born with—the impulse to reach out and lessen the suffering of another human being. It was a gift, and we each had a choice whether to use this gift or not.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“I shouldn’t have had to prove I was innocent—they were supposed to prove I was guilty—but not in this courtroom.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“Power is what Satan offers us, whereas God keeps pointing out that we serve el best in our weakness, so that we can acknowledge that it is the Creator choosing to work through us, his fragile creatures. It is God who has made us, and not we ourselves. But because we enjoy feeling powerful, we accept Satan’s offers.”
― And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings
― And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings
“My parents, teachers, and the culture I grew up in showed me a drawer in which to stuff my merciful nature, because mercy made me look vulnerable and foolish, and it made me less productive. It was distracting to focus worried eyes on others instead of on homework, and on poor Dad, after all he had done for us, and on the prize of making the whole family look good.”
― Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
― Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Caitlin’s 2025 Year in Books
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