How many people are loosing their Faith because of all this? People not even directly affected? A priest told me one time during the war here that they noticed it was not the people who had loved ones killed who could not forgive. THey often frogave quite readily. I t was other people ;like neighbours who became bitter.
Along the same lines of this thread but in Argentina... http://batimes.com.ar/news/argentin...a-jaitt-consumed-cocaine-prior-to-death.phtml Blood results fail to show Natacha Jaitt consumed cocaine prior to death Jaitt's death has prompted a wave of conspiracy theories which suggest the media personality had either overdosed or been murdered. Thursday 7 March, 2019 Official blood test results from entertainer Natacha Jaitt's body do not indicate that the entertainer consumed cocaine prior to her death, leaked forensics resulted indicate. Jaitt, 41, was found dead at a private events facility in the Tigre district, north of Buenos Aires City, two weeks ago. Her death has prompted a wave of conspiracy theories which suggest the media personality had either overdosed or been murdered. The results would not come up positive for cocaine because forensics were unable to obtain a proper urine sample from Jaitt's body, according to C5N crime journalist Mauro Szeta, citing police sources. Early media reports suggested investigators found cocaine on Jaitt's nostrils, but this was never officially confirmed. Her body was also free of semen, the leaked information suggested, dismissing the claim she had been sexually abused. "I continue believe that this was a homicide and a plot to end Natacha's life. It was poorly managed and they left her there. My sister was with three people who consumed cocaine. Imagine the environment she was in", Ulises Jaitt, the entertainer's brother, told the El Diario de Mariana lifestyle programme on El Trece. Blood tests from three of the five people who were present with Jaitt at the Xanadú events facility the night she died did, however, show the traces of cocaine and marijuana, including the facility's owner; while the results from the other two, including Jaitt's friend and producer Raúl Velaztiqui, did. Velaztiqui was arrested last week for alleged false testimony. "Velaztiqui was in the best condition (since he did not consume drugs) but he acted the worst", Alejandro Cipolla, the Jaitt family's lawyer said. The results of several other forensics tests from Jaitt's body are pending. MURDER? In 2018, Jaitt had made explosive allegations that dozens of high-profile sports and entertainment personalities were involved in an underage prostitution ring. Indicating she feared for her safety, she once went as far as to warn via Twitter that she could pay the ultimate price for revealing dirty information she had on some of the country's rich and famous. "WARNING: I am not going to commit suicide, I am not going to take too much cocaine and drown in a bath, or shoot myself. So if this happens, it wasn't me. Save this Tweet," she wrote in April, 2018. Jaitt had made a series of tweets and television appearances, just days after explosive allegations in April 2018 about child prostitution at major Argentine football clubs, including Independiente and River Plate. While many former club officials' cases remain before the courts, the scandal spent barely weeks in the news headlines in Argentina. Jaitt was survived by two children and her brother. -TIMES/EXITOINA
I think bitterness and hardness of heart are a predictable reaction to the viciousness of violence against the innocent. And then the desire to hurt someone in retaliation. What is so scary about this is Jesus' s insistence that we must forgive because without it we cant be forgiven. Think of it. Holding on to bitterness and hatred can send you to hell. Sobering to say the least. Fr Wolfe on sensus fidellium has a wonderful talk on this called Friends of the Cross. Powerful.
I watched the film, 'The Shack', last night again last night. It is about parents whose child were murdered by a child molestor. The father in particular finds it impossible to come to terms with events and contemplates suicide. God intervenes and they have a conversation in which the father rails against God for letting his little girl die. God at the end asks the father to forgive the guy who killed his little girl. I found this call to forgiveness quite shocking. God's calling to us is really, really radical. Humanly it seems utterly impossible. I remember a Orthodox Jewish friend , Avram in Jerusalem, saying to me is that the one great thing that sets Christianity apart from Judaism is forgiveness. He said he never heard it ever preached in his Temple. Humanly speaking , it is impossible. That is why we must constantly pray , for we know neither the day nor hour when we will enter into Trial. Into Temptation.
my apologies for posting this http://wdtprs.com/blog/2019/03/video-this-explains-the-church-in-germany/ What in the world? Why do the clergy just go on acting like every thing is normal? I honestly do not understand....please God come to our aid O Lord, make haste to help us, we raise our voices to You, O Lord, hear our cry for help that You alone may be praised, worshiped, glorified and adored. Amen.
Yes, humanly speaking, forgiveness is impossible. But we receive the grace from Jesus to forgive as He has called us to do. No servant is greater than his Master.
Maybe the real bad thing would be is we weren't shocked. If we began to accept such things as , 'Normal'. That is one of the things that concerned me about the response of many Bishops and Cardinals that there was a total lack of outrage. it was as though such priests had simply been caught shop lifting. The response of Jesus that such people would be better thrown into the sea with a millstone round their necks is the correct one. We should be shocked. We should be outraged. Always.
