The Sacrament of Reconciliation

The Sacrament of Reconciliation
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The Sacrament of Reconciliation:Celebrating God's Forgivenessas told by Sandra DeGidio, O.S.M.Confession: Externalizing what is within Zorba the Greek--that earthy, raucous lover of life created by Nikos Kazantzakis--captures this loving God when he says: "I think of God as being exactly like me. Only bigger, stronger, crazier. And immortal, into the bargain. He's sitting on a pile of soft sheepskins, and his hut's the sky...In his right hand he's holding not a knife or a pair of scales--those damned instruments are meant for butchers and grocers--no, he's holding a large sponge full of water, like a rain cloud. On his right is paradise, on his left hell. Here comes a soul; the poor little thing's quite naked, because it's lost its cloak--its body, I mean--and it's shivering."...The naked soul throws inself at God's feet. 'Mercy!' it cries. 'I have sinned." And away it goes reciting its sins. It recites a whole rigamore and there's no end to it. God thinks this is too much of a good thing. He yawns, 'For heaven's sake stop!' he shouts. 'I've heard enough of all that!' Flap! Slap! a wipe of the sponge, and he washes out all the sins. 'Away with you, clear out, run off to paradise!' he says to the soul...Because God, you know, is a great lord, and that's what being a lord means: to forgive!"To be continuedA selected article from "101 Inspirational Stories of the Sacrament of Reconciliation."

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