First Wordinfo

First Word: Forgiveness:
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing": Lk.23:34.

    "Father", is the first word of Jesus on the Cross, in his first prayer, and it will be the last word, in his last prayer… everything starts and ends with the Father for Jesus… and always praying!… and that should be also our way of life, to do the will of God, praising and with thanksgiving for everything in life… yes, the reason of our life is to adore God by doing with joy his will.

    The first issue in the mind of Jesus on the Cross is "his enemies": "Forgive them!"… forgive the Jews who hated him and brought him to trial. Forgive the Romans who crucified him. Forgive every sinner… you and I!, because every time we sin, se reproduce in our flesh the Passion of Jesus (Heb.6:6): We spit on his face, we scourge him, we crown him with thorns, we nail him on the Cross… forgive them!… thank you, my beloved Jesus, my Savior and my God.

    Forgive them!… forgiveness is the business of Jesus on the Cross: To take away the sin of the world… those who crucified him were expecting to hear Jesus shout, but he just said with love,
"forgive them!"…

    Seneca recounts that the crucified cursed every body, including their own mothers and fathers… Cicero recalls that they even had to cut the tongues of the crucified, to free from their horrible blasphemies and curses… Jesus just said with an excess of love, "forgive them!".

    God always wants to forgive us, but we have to accept his forgiveness trusting in him: Jesus wanted to forgive both Peter and Judas: Peter became a saint, Jesus even named him the first Pope of his Church, that's how God forgives and forgets!, giving a chance to Peter to make up for his denials. Judas hanged himself, he could not trust in the infinite mercy of Jesus!… If you ever have an abortion, be sure Jesus wants to forgive you and forget, just confess your sin trusting in Jesus, and open your eyes, for sure God is going to give you an opportunity to redeem yourself by helping others with your bad experience.

    Jesus wanted to bring with him to Paradise the two thieves, it was his business!… but he offered Paradise only to one (Luk.23:43)… if you don't want to repent and trust in him, even the infinite power and love of God can do nothing, because when God created you free, he committed himself to respect your liberty.

    "Forgiveness" is the first lesson of Jesus on the Cross for us: He who does not forgive and forget, creates a Hell in his friends lives, and still more: He creates the worse Hell in his own life. He who harbors hatred, or a desire of revenge, or holds a grudge against someone, is destroying lives, and still worse, he is mainly destroying himself!.

    He who does not forgive his wife or husband or children or parents, creates a Hell at home. We are all sinners, even the just one falls seven times a day, says Proverb 24:16: Your wife or husband is not perfect… the secret of a happy marriage is two persons who know how to forgive and forget… forgiveness is first fruit of love, if there is no forgiveness, love is gone.

    "For they do not know what they are doing": Jesus gives the Father an excuse for us, and it is a great truth: Every Sin is a catastrophe, worse than one thousand hurricanes, because every Sin against God is an infinite evil, and a million hurricanes never become infinite. Indeed, we do not know what we do when we Sin, when we crucify Jesus again in our flesh (Heb.6:6)… no more Sin in my life!… help me, my dear friend Jesus!… and if I ever Sin, give me the grace to trust in your infinite abyss of mercy, my Savior and my God…and to trust in you seventy times seven, a million times, always!, no matter how bad or how many times I may fall, you are always there with your mercy and your love, it is your business on the Cross!…and indeed you are right, we do not know what we are doing when we Sin!.

    A final point: Jesus, who is God, prays to God… just a little mystery… it would have been the same if Jesus would have said "I forgive you", but Jesus forgives praying to show us the greatness of prayer, the fine threat which moves the heart of God!… and it is so important, that five times out of the seven times, Jesus spoke praying on the Cross, and always to the Father.