It is easy to be consumed with hatred for someone, but it is hard to forgive. Why is that? When the Pope forgave his attempted assassin, he raised that question to everyone. What good does it do us to hold on to anger? We touched on this before when we read the article about whether or not we should forgive Osama bin Laden. Immaculée decided to forgive her family's murderers, not so that they may find peace, but so that she could find peace. If we hold on to hatred, how can we ever truly move passed it? Both Immaculée and the Pope's decision should make us open our eyes and see that if they can forgive people who so greatly wronged them, we should be able to forgive people in our own lives. They are great examples of how to live our lives as Catholics and human beings.

Messy World

When I hear stories about tragic events, such as Hurricane Sandy, I feel awful for the people affected. However, for most of the stories, I do not feel very compelled to act. I feel like I, and many others, have the mentality that one person can not make a difference. However, the Gospel teaches that one person can make a big difference. We are all called to help solve the injustices in the world. Sometime, though, we forget that. The article says that we have to sensitize ourselves to the violence and that we have to react to violence in the world. I think that there is so many terrible stories in the news everyday that we don't like to listen to it anymore. I agree with the article that we have to put ourselves in the victim's shoes and imagine if it were us. We may not understand the issue, but we know that it's wrong and should feel called to help.