The defects of Jesus

Jesus has a terrible memory. . .

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I know that sounds heretical, but I’m just quoting a cardinal, Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan to be exact.  If you have never heard of him, go here to find out more about his astounding life.  He wrote about the “defects of Jesus” in his book, Testimony of Hope, which is a compilation of the spiritual exercises he gave to John Paul II and the papal household in the year 2o00.  The first “defect” he mentions is “Jesus has a terrible memory.

     On the cross, during his agony, Jesus heard the voice of the thief crucified on his right, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom” (Lk 23.42).  If I had been Jesus, I would have told him, “I certainly will not forget you, but your crimes have to be expiated with at least twenty years of purgatory.”  Instead, Jesus tells him, ” Today you will be with me in paradise” (Lk 23:43).  He forgets all the man’s sins.
     He does exactly the same thing with the sinful woman who has anointed his feet with perfume.  Jesus does not ask her anything about her scandalous past.  He simply says “her many sins have been forgiven because she loved much” (cf. Lk 7.47).
     . . . Jesus does not have a memory like mine.  He not only pardons, and pardons every person, he even forgets that he has pardoned.  (Testimony of Hope,  pp. 14-15)

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