Return My People was written for the season of Lent as well a Reconciliation services. I don’t recall the experience of writing it other than I was working for a parish in Portland, OR as well as doing retreat work for the Archdiocese of Portland in Youth Ministry. There was always a Reconciliation Service at these retreats and I wanted to provide something to use that would speak of the Celebration of forgiveness rather than the sinfulness that brought one to seek it. (See The Sacrament of Reconciliation on the Reflections page.)