Account: How a man finally forgave his father who never helped him when he needed it and his horrendous anti-Catholic stepmother

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Forgiving injuries: Bryson Hall lives message of forgiveness, reconciliation - The Catholic Sun

“‘He wasn’t a bad father — he just didn’t defend me,’ Hall said. ‘I really needed him to help me, to be there for me.’ Hall told his father that in spite of everything, he loved him. ‘I forgive you for everything I’ve been through,’ he said. His love for the Virgin Mary carried him, he said."
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“Hall said he woke up one Sunday mad at everybody, mad at the world. He didn’t want to go to church, but at Mass that morning, the priest preached on forgiveness and spoke of how Jesus forgave those who spit on Him, cursed Him and crucified Him. ‘I thought, ‘If that were me, I wouldn’t have died for them.’ To be honest, I never thought of forgiveness. I thought, one day I’ll get them,’ Hall said. ‘But when Father talked about forgiveness, I knew the message was for me.’ Hall forgave his stepmother.”