Father Frans Van der Lugt, the Whisperings of the Spirit |
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| General Editor:
| Francis, Michel |
| Author:
| Van der Lugt, Van der |
| ISBN: | 979-8-7501-4807-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.19 |
Book Description:
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Little by little I came to the cross and the figure of Christ. I felt more and more that there was pure love. I felt that this pure love came from God. It is a gratuitous love, a suffering love. I felt that Christ was not angry with the people who crucified Him, but He was sad for them, for their ignorance, for their complicity, for their problems. I already understood as a young boy that behind the evil of these people lies a pain that drives them to commit evil. I also understood...
More DescriptionLittle by little I came to the cross and the figure of Christ. I felt more and more that there was pure love. I felt that this pure love came from God. It is a gratuitous love, a suffering love. I felt that Christ was not angry with the people who crucified Him, but He was sad for them, for their ignorance, for their complicity, for their problems. I already understood as a young boy that behind the evil of these people lies a pain that drives them to commit evil. I also understood that Christ doesn't care much about His pain, nor about the evil of the other, but rather about the pain behind that evil. In His silence there's affection for their pain, there's no anger against their evil, and He proves to them with this tenderness that His love for them is a love in God!