From John Weborg

“Colossal evil is unprepared for an encounter with colossal grace. Such evil is caught off guard when grace dares it to do its worst (Colossians 2:14-15). When grace is too good to be true, it becomes the ground of its own dismissal. Yet grace wonâ€™t go away. It reaches beyond itself, as was the case at the RavensbrÃ¼ck concentration camp, site of the deaths of 90,000 women and children during World War II. The following prayer was found on a scrap of paper near the body of a dead child:

‘O Lord, Remember not only men and women of good will, but also of ill will. But do not only remember the suffering they have inflicted on us, remember the fruits we have brought thanks to this suffering – our comradeship, our loyalty, humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of all this. And when they come to judgment, let the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness. Amen. Amen. Amen.'”

1 comment

Aaron Mitchum says:

January 30, 2011 at 12:54 pm

What a wonderful passage from John’s work. Thank you for posting it. This is the kind of poetic rhetoric I wish we had more of in our liturgies. It feels more symbolic than word based. Because of that it inspires and lends itself so well as an avenue for the Spirit and her transformational power.

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