On Forgiveness

"Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive," wrote author C.S. Lewis.

Think of a time when someone deliberately hurt you badly. Then multiply your pain 100,000 times. You might be able to somehow figure out what God feels, when faced with a world of people who have sinned against him. Ultimately, all sin is against God.

To Get The Best Out Of Our Life

Think of it - 100 years or, most likely, less, here on earth. Then the billions or trillions and more in Heaven. Why don't you do good now, and then leave the 99999999999/100000000000 of your life, and more, for enjoyment? Of course, you can always spend the little time you have on earth in happiness, and spend billions and trillions+ in Hell, burning in agony.... but I wouldn't, really. Just wait, and do good - you'll have happiness sometime! It's not long until then, look how the years fly!

Life Is Not About Ourselves

A recent letter writer believes: "There is no dignity in dying a slow, painful, death." On the other hand: "Pain is God's microphone to a deaf world." (C.S. Lewis) Life is not about ourselves. Never was, never will be — just ask any parent. So, why should the terminally ill reject assisted-suicide? The answer: because a person who perseveres in their condition, at some deep level, gives us a precious gift, namely, depth and character. Choosing otherwise signals we no longer understand this.

Minute Medatation

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” 

 - St. Francis of Assisi