{"id":15513,"date":"2014-10-28T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=15513"},"modified":"2014-10-26T05:41:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T10:41:37","slug":"how-do-you-forgive-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2014\/10\/28\/how-do-you-forgive-someone\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Forgive Someone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The “Fantastic” program Rede Globo, on April 13, 1985, showed a real and exciting event that happened in our town of Lorena-SP, and I witnessed it.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lady named Anna Maria, lived in the St. Anthony neighborhood.<\/span> She had a bakery and lived in the same building in an apartment over the bakery.<\/span><\/p>\n

One morning, this lady’s home was invaded by a guy, and he\u00a0killed, one of her sons, 18-years old, inside her house.<\/span><\/p>\n

She did not want revenge against the killer and at the funeral Mass itself for her\u00a0murdered son, said that she forgave the offender.<\/span> It was a moment of excitement and tears!<\/span><\/p>\n

The killer was arrested, tried and sentenced to imprisonment in the House of Detention in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/span>As soon Do\u00f1a Ana Maria learned of the arrest of the murderer, she went to visit him in Sao Paulo each week.<\/span>Lorraine took the bus, traveling 200 km to speak of God to the murderer of his own son.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after this, the young man revealed through\u00a0tears before the cameras of TV Globo, his\u00a0repentance. <\/span>sorry not to have known Jesus Christ before \u00a0killing the son of Ana Maria and ending up in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

This case shows what St. Paul calls “heap burning coals” on the head of he that lives in evil, and shows the Christian way to overcome evil.<\/span> Thus, and only thus breaking the chain of violence and throws it to the ground.<\/span> You can not put out a\u00a0fire with gasoline, but with water.<\/span> And when the water you fight fire, who wins is water.<\/span><\/p>\n

St. Paul taught us the law of Christ: “Bless those who persecute you; bless them and not the persecute them\u00a0… Repay no one evil for evil … never avenge others, dear ones, but let act the wrath of God for it is written Vengeance is mine;<\/span>\u00a0I will\u00a0pursue righteousness, saith the Lord (Deut 32,35; Rom 12.14 to 19).<\/span><\/p>\n

“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;<\/span> if he thirst, give him drink.<\/span> By so doing you will heap burning coals on his head “(Proverbs 25.21; Rom 12,20)..<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus taught to forgive enemies, and died forgiving those who crucified Him, crowned Him with thorns and scourged Him<\/span><\/p>\n

Who hates and does not forgive is like someone taking poison and waiting for the other to die.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Felipe Aquino<\/p>\n

Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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