The thief on the cross, this man, after a lifetime of evil, who must have emptied many pockets as he broke many hearts, here he is being given Heaven in a moment by the grand and noble gesture by the God whose name is Love.
Remember that same love and mercy and compassion and understanding is alive in the Church today with the same Lord, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Sacrament of Penance, where you and I come with our sorrow and our sincerity.
From the book; Reflections with Father Leo Clifford O.F.M.
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