A Thesis On Forgiveness

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An old book would be delivered to the doors of the Pontiff's quarters, It would be a small brown book with nothing but a little golden thread hanging out of it that would be used as a bookmark. Inside the cover however, on the first page, there sits an owl quill, that of Abbot Jude's. As you would continue to turn the pages, you would see many of Jude's un-published thesis'. The first one reads....

 

A Thesis on Forgiveness.

 

"Hello My children of the faith, although my health is declining I still wish to continue with my writings in hopes that the messages that they contain will not be forgotten. As I grow older and closer to the afterlife, I continuously think about those that I have wronged and those that have wronged me in the past. I will admit that I have indeed wronged some in the past and before I start I must ask for your forgiveness in order for me to pass on with a clear conscience. These thoughts that I contain about those who have wronged me when I was younger are still burned into my memory and I wish to forgive them and provide a thesis in which I may be able to help people reconcile with those who have wronged or harmed them in the past. As a boy I was often abused by my father and I was beaten for not being, as he said, “a good representation of the family.” He was angry and disappointed at me when I decided to join the Clergy rather than become a squire. He would curse and yell at me due to the fact that I wanted to do something with my life that would bring me joy. Often he would take it out on my sister Ana as well by striking her with a wooden spoon during one of his outbursts. As I recall these memories, the more inclined I am to forgiving him. This brings me to today’s topic, forgiveness. We have been told since a young age that we should not hold a grudge and to forgive those who have caused us harm. It is our nature to want to want to forgive due to the fact that we, as individuals, have a capacity to love. It is in our nature to love one another and to love the creator. Thus we do forgive those we love without question, although it may sometimes be hard. Forgiveness is not just a topic that just pertains towards human nature but it also applies to the theological aspect of life as well. If you think about it, we all do things, every day that either causes ourselves, God, or others harm. When you think about it, simply put, God is the prime example of Forgiveness. He wants us to achieve salvation and to be with him for eternity but we need to be the ones to strive towards that goal. We must be the ones that take it upon ourselves to love one another and forgive rather than seek revenge for a wrongdoing against us. We as children of the Creator must strive for forgiveness rather than hatred. I myself have even had sickening thoughts of revenge in the past, which I have reconciled through the sacraments. Although it is our nature to love, we also have a natural inclination towards sin. We often find ourselves holding grudges and sometimes even doing harm to those who wronged us. This is not the way. We must understand that God does not wish us to harm our brothers and sisters. He does not want us to take each other’s lives over a petty argument. He wants us to love one another and strive for glory together, not to stray off the path to eternal salvation. We must forgive those who do in fact cause us sadness or harm and by forgiving them, they may also feel remorse for their actions. There is no need to attack one another because all that does is causes more harm and hate. We, as followers of the Creator, need to act accordingly towards our neighbors and even those of other faith. We need to realize that the Creator made us all, elf or Dwarf, Human or Orc, we all are meant to follow the creator in our own way. Now, I depart with this question, how would you feel if you were laying on your deathbed and thought of all those you have wronged and all those who have wronged you, and you could do nothing about it. Live in the now my brothers and sisters, not in the past, forgive and move on to greater things."

 

Yours,

Abbot Jude of Cyriaum

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Edit: Corrected some Grammar. 

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Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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