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Dose of forgiveness: Isaiah 43:18-25; Psalm 41; Mark 2:1-12

In the play A Thousand Clowns, by Herb Gardner, a character named Murray discovers that he can offer a simple apology to almost anyone—even a complete stranger—and he or she will forgive him. He stands on the corner of 51st and Lexington in New York City one day, telling those who walk by him, “I’m sorry,” and in almost every instance, he’s forgiven on the spot. “That’s the most you can expect from life,” he muses, “a really good apology for all the things you won’t get.”