Mass tonight had Father Chris still talking about forgiveness. He spoke of the concept of forgiveness and the act. He spoke of personal forgiveness.
You know what I was picturing? Fr. Chris was trying to have us see that forgiveness is NOT weakness. It takes a better and stronger person to forgive. So I'm picturing a little guy being pushed around. It makes him angry to be picked on so he becomes belligerent himself. He feels that he can't walk away and forgive and forget because he is weak and needs to prove himself otherwise.
A physically big person wouldn't even bother with the little guy. The bigger person knows he can hurt the smaller person, if he wanted to. Of course he could. The bigger person is a better person for not hammering the little guy.
Wouldn't the same be true with the virtue forgiveness? It would be a generous gesture to forgive. A narrow, mean, small act to not forgive? In fact, Indira Gandhi once said, "Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."
You know what I was picturing? Fr. Chris was trying to have us see that forgiveness is NOT weakness. It takes a better and stronger person to forgive. So I'm picturing a little guy being pushed around. It makes him angry to be picked on so he becomes belligerent himself. He feels that he can't walk away and forgive and forget because he is weak and needs to prove himself otherwise.
A physically big person wouldn't even bother with the little guy. The bigger person knows he can hurt the smaller person, if he wanted to. Of course he could. The bigger person is a better person for not hammering the little guy.
Wouldn't the same be true with the virtue forgiveness? It would be a generous gesture to forgive. A narrow, mean, small act to not forgive? In fact, Indira Gandhi once said, "Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."
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