Heroes of our Faith

Archbishop Desmond Tutu helped end Apartheid in South Africa and spent a lifetime inspiring and challenging many through his wise words.

©‘I can’t control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.’

©‘Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.’

©‘If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.’

©‘There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.’

©‘We are made to tell the world there are no outsiders.’

©‘All of God’s children and their different faiths help us to realise the immensity of God.’

©‘When people say that the Bible and politics don’t mix, I ask them which Bible they are reading.’

©‘Forgiveness is nothing less than the way we heal the world – by healing each and every one of our hearts. The process is simple but it is not easy.’

©‘Cultivate your forgiveness with your friends, with your family, with strangers and with yourself. Remind yourself that every person you encounter carries a sorrow and a struggle.  Recognise that we all share a fundamental humanity.’

©‘Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.’

©‘Hope is being able to see there is light, despite all the darkness.’

Heather Savini, rounding off our lent series on ‘Heroes of our faith’

6 April 2025