Come and see: Michael
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article41116
- Author
- Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 January
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 January
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- The Rev. Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest from South Africa, addressed the November 2011 meeting of the Anglican Church of Canada House of Bishops in Niagara Falls, Ontario. "Michel has no hands. They were blown off when he received a letter bomb in Zimbabwe, where he was living in 1990. He also lost an eye in the attack and suffered significant hearing loss. Michael described his journey from victim to survivor to victor -- a movement from horrific physical and emotional pain to months of rehabilitation, and finally to living life 'as fully as possible'." "In the course of recovery, Michael had to discern the nature of his priestly vocation for the future. Archbishop Desmond Tutu ... encouraged Michael in his work with victims of trauma, who longed for the healing of their bodies and minds and they very souls. At the Institute for Healing of Memories, which Michael heads, personal stories of traumas are 'reverenced'. Those who come to the institute speak of 'recovering their humanity' and 'daring to hope' again". "'Journeys of forgiveness', Michael says, 'are costly, painful and difficult. At the same time, they often involve grace. Journeys of forgiveness require generosity of spirit, and this, to me, is what is often meant by grace'."
- Subjects
- Lapsley, Michael (Michael Allan), 1949-
- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Southern Africa
- Institute for Healing of Memories (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops - Meetings