An online retreat morning on 22 August will address the thorny issue of forgiveness. The spiritual renewal retreat is run by ADoRE, who have been helping people deepen their appreciation of the Holy Spirit for over 50 years.

ADoRE Leader Alastair Emblem explained: "We know only too well that the Lord wants us to forgive again and again. Yet, if we are honest, we often find this is one of the most difficult commands of our faith.

"As a result, so many of us are caught in a spiral of guilt: because we fail so often to forgive, we feel that God cannot forgive us or love us. However, we can break out of the spiral by focussing on God's amazing mercy and His unconditional love, as shown to us by Jesus. God has shown us how much he loves us--it was while we were still sinners that Christ died…