Atone

*ATONE/*ATONING/*ATONEMENT - see REDEMPTION, SIN, SACRIFICE

At-one-ment.

My part in the Atonement is the canceling out of all errors that you could not otherwise correct. When you have been restored to the recognition of your original state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. As you share my unwillingness to accept error in yourself and others, you must join the great crusade to correct it; listen to my voice, learn to undo error and act to correct it. The ability is the potential, the achievement is its expression, and the Atonement is the purpose. The forgiven are the means of the Atonement. Being filled with spirit, they forgive in return. (A Course in Miracles)

The Holy Spirit’s plan of correction to undo the ego and heal the belief in separation; came into being after the separation, and will be completed when every separated Son has fulfilled his part in the Atonement by total forgiveness. (A Course in Miracle, lesson 139)

Believing that Jesus was the [unblemished] "Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world" and punishment by His atoning sacrifice makes the rite of Mass the greatest spiritual privilege and the highest act of human adoration. (Rebld, p296)

The reconciliation of God and man through the sacrifical death of Jesus; reparation for an offense; satisfaction. (Dict)

We are unworhty of God's love, to the point that God could forgive us for this sinfulness - only if someone free from this sinfulness were to offer themself as a sacrifice in our stead and thus ATONE for our guilt. In order for our forgiveness to be effected by this ATONEMENT we must believe in Jesus Christ. (Common Sense, p150)