Prayer
I pray that the harm done by the disloyalty and betrayal of a friend, who lied to me for over a year and gravely broke my trust, and of his wife, who treated me very unjustly and meanly out of jealousy, would no longer "cut me off" from the Church. That I would not let myself be convinced that the belittling of my self-giving and goodness, slander, religious and emotional abuse during my time of mourning, rejection, replacement and defamation are God's will. That I would not lose my faith,...