Book details

  • Genre:religion
  • Sub-genre:Christian Living / Devotional
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • eBook ISBN:9798317853952

33 Days to Freedom via Forgiveness w/ cover correction

By Fr. Valery Akoh

Overview


The book is structured as a daily devotional to help you navigate the difficult landscape of human hurt and divine grace, taking it one day at a time for 33 days. It gives you reasons why you should forgive and how to forgive completely from the heart as Jesus shows us.
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Description


Have you been holding onto a deep hurt for years and don't know how to let go? Have you experienced the agonizing sting of betrayal? This book is written most especially for you. Written not by a distant observer but by one who has tasted betrayal and chosen the quiet strength of patience, 33 Days to Freedom via Forgiveness is a timely invitation into the principal mission of Christ. This book serves as an intentional, reflective devotional retreat designed to free your heart from bitterness, anger, resentment, hatred, and pain. Inspired by the profound insights of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, St. John Henry Newman, and Pope Benedict XVI, Fr. Valery introduces a transforming spiritual formula: Suffering + Love = Sacrifice True forgiveness is not just an emotional release-it is a movement from a victim mentality to a priestly mentality. It is the ultimate act of offering your vicarious suffering back to God for the salvation of the very soul who hurt you. Instead of wishing your offenders to "go to hell," this journey empowers you to firmly declare: "Go to heaven!"
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About The Author


Fr. Valery is a priest for the archdiocese of Atlanta, ordained on June 25, 2016 during the extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. After his ordination, he remained at Mundelein Seminary for an additional year to finish his licentiate in systematic theology. His thesis was entitled: The I-We Structure of Faith: A Comparative Study of St. John Henry Newman and Henri de Lubac. From 2017-2019, he served as parochial vicar at St. Mary Catholic Church in Rome, Georgia; from 2019-2022, as parochial vicar at Catherine of Siena in Kennesaw, Georgia. In 2025, he obtained a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Divine Mercy University. He is the current pastor of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Tyrone, Georgia.
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