ninety-nine that did not go astray. It is the same with your Father in heaven. Your Father in
heaven doesn’t want even one of these little ones to perish.
Reflect:
I was with a bunch of young adults and the topic of suicide came up. A woman, a passionate
catholic, was particularly severe on her views about those who committed suicide. Taking
one’s own life, she argued, was a very serious sin that deserved hell. I asked her: “Imagine
that you have a son. He commits suicide. If you were given the duty to judge him, would you
condemn him to hell?” She went silent for a moment, and said, “No, I wouldn’t.” “God says that
even if a mother forgets her child, he would not forget us. Are you sure then, that God would
condemn so?” “I had never thought about it thus”, she said and broke down. We do not know
how God judges finally. But one thing we know: Jesus’ Father in heaven does not want even
one of the little ones to perish.
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