States of Grace

[first lines]

Lozano:
[the elders are playing basketball on "P" day. Speaking to Elder Farrell] Come on. Get in here man, we're getting our butts kicked. [Elder Farrell shakes his head negatively]

Elder Mangum:
Come on Farrell, we're one man short.

Sister Savea:
I'll do it.

Elder Mangum:
I said, we're one MAN short.

Sister Savea:
You're one short man, that's what you are.

[Elder Lorenzo and Elder Farrell pass two girls in bikinis on a sidewalk near the beach]

Farrell:
Sing a hymn.

Lozano:
No way.

Farrell:
When you have a dirty thought, sing a hymn.

Lozano:
Yeah, my bishop used to tell me that. Every time they sing a hymn in church I have a dirty thought.

[Elder Farrell comments after listening to Holly's "confession"]

Farrell:
No, Holly, He loves you just as much as He did when you were a baby. You can never do anything... not anything... that would make Him stop loving you.

Holly:
You think so?

Farrell:
I know so.

[Holly sits at the foot of Elder Farrell's hospital bed]

Holly:
It's going to be OK. It is.

Farrell:
You don't understand what I've done... you don't understand.

Holly:
It's been a long time since I've been inside a church. I don't know very much. Not as much as you. But I do know one thing. Jesus... He forgives. There's nothing so terrible that He won't forgive you. He loves you just as much as He did when you were a baby. He just wants you back. So, I don't know much. But I know that's true.

Farrell:
You think so?

Holly:
I know so.

Holly:
[she puts a crucifix in his hand] You left this. Scott, you don't have to die for your sins. I think somebody already did that.