Betrayal, Identity, and Misericordia
A Molue Reflection on Power, Deceit, and the Scandal of Mercy
Here are the links to the screenshotted posts.
(That’s a word, right?)
The First Thought: Betrayal
The first one got me thinking…
Poor Leo.
A Vicar of Christ, just betrayed.
The lukewarm, tepid, half-silent, semi-demi pushback from his fellow priests sounds almost as loud as the smack that followed Judas’s kiss.
Christ, after all, wasn’t betrayed by atheists.
He was betrayed by religious leaders, allied with the state, protecting their power.
The Second Thought: Identity
The second one got me thinking…
What have we got here?
A person with no identity.
Dan Quayle can be very proud of himself. I mean it. I mean it.
The Third Thought: Deceit
The third one…
It echoed a theme in many an angry monologue I’ve written.
What angers me?
The deceit.
A Conversation in Orléans
I once met a Polish man in Orléans.
Actually, he was French.
The first thing he said to me was:
“See? I’m a Slav. My people were enslaved too…”
Albin. A lovable rogue.
He was in his mid to late 70s, about fifteen years ago.
A family member of his was very sick, and before the meeting we came for started, we held hands and prayed.
He choked first.
Then cried. Just a little.
Then he said something that stayed with me:
“My problem with God is His misericordia.”
I had never heard the word used that way before.
There was a church in my adopted city called Mater Misericordiae.
I thought it meant “misery-heart.” It does, in a way. But I wouldn’t have used it the way Albin had.
Turns out, the word mercy is derived from it.
The Question
“What do you mean, Albin?” I asked, hoping to understand.
He looked at me, troubled.
“If Hitler repented just before dying… he gets to go to heaven?”
He shook his head.
(to be continued…)
Don Kenobi
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