Can anything good come from a mediation between a man who raped a fellow partygoer, the victim and her parents?

Living in medias res

Grief can lead to smoldering hate or to new meaning of life.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 16:19 NRSV

The experience of being part of a holy moment is deepened when we prepare.

Repression breeds violence.