{"id":8454,"date":"2011-09-21T01:01:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2011-07-26T06:49:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T10:49:21","slug":"the-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2011\/09\/21\/the-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Each year, with the motive of the celebration of the anniversary of his coronation, the king would liberate a prisoner. When his monarchy turned 25 years old, he wanted to go to the prison accompanied by his prime minister and all the court to decide which prisoner to free.<\/p>\n

Each one of the prisoners, thinking that he could be the chosen, prepared his defense to give before the king.<\/p>\n

Your majesty, said the first, I am innocent. An enemy accused me falsely, and therefore, I am in the prison.<\/p>\n

“As for me,” added another, “I am innocent. They confused me with an assasin.<\/p>\n

“But I never killed anyone.”<\/p>\n

“The judge condemned me unjustly,” said a third.<\/p>\n

So, all and each one spoke to the king on the reasons they merited the grace of being freed.<\/p>\n

There was a man in the corner, he did not come near, and, then the king asked him:<\/p>\n

“You, why are you here?”<\/p>\n

“Because I killed a man your majesty. I am an assasin.<\/p>\n

“And Why did you kill him?”<\/p>\n

“Because I was a very violent man in those days. . .”<\/p>\n

“And why were you violent?”<\/p>\n

“Because I did not have control over my anger. . .”<\/p>\n

A moment of silence passed while the king decided whom he would free. Then he took the scepter and said to the assassin that he just interrogated:<\/p>\n

“You leave the prison. …”<\/p>\n

“But your majesty,” replied the prime minister,”Does it not seem more fair to choose one of the others?”<\/p>\n

“Precisely,” responded the king, “I removed this evil man from the prison in order to not spoil the others who appear so good.”<\/p>\n

The only sin that cannot be pardoned is that which we do not recognize<\/strong>. It is necessary to confess that we are sinners and we are not as good as many times we try to appear.<\/p>\n

Lord, help me to recognize my sins and to confess them and to amend my life!<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anonymous<\/strong><\/p>\n

Translated from Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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