“Time opens opportunities.  The emancipation of the slaves waited for Lincoln; the open door of Ephesus for Paul.  Though time is too precious to waste, it must never be thought that what was lost is irretrievable.  Once the Divine is introduced, then comes the opportunity to make up for losses.  God is the God of the second chance.  Peter denied, but he had the second chance in which to become as solid as a rock.  Jonah, who refused to accept a mission, was given a second chance and saved Babylon.   There really is such a thing as a “second birth.”  Being born again means that all that went before is not held against us.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (On Being Human)