“Every aversion, every anger and resentment which we tolerate in our hearts, blocks the door to the Lord.” — Edith Stein
Edith Stein was a German philosopher of Jewish descendent. Before the war she become Catholic and become a Carmelite nun. However, she was deported to Auschwitz and died there. With that in mind I’m amazed at her words quoted above.
Please consider listening to my friend, Fr. Sliney, on how to begin the process of forgiveness. Video
Today say a prayer for that person you’re struggling to forgive.
PS. The photo is of my brother, Fr. Matthew, who works in Krakow, just 40 miles from Auschwitz.
About Fr Simon Devereux LC
FR SIMON was born on February 4, 1979, in Dunedin, New Zealand, the seventh son of Marie and Michael Devereux. He entered the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, on September 15, 1997. After his novitiate and year of humanities in Cheshire, he studied a bachelor’s in Philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome from 2000 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2007, a licentiate in Philosophy. In between, he worked as a youth minister in Quebec, Canada, and he made his perpetual profession in Rome on October 4, 2005. In 2010 he completed a three-year bachelor’s degree in Theology and was ordained on Christmas Eve of the same year with 60 of his brother Legionaries by Card. Velasio di Paolis. Two of his brothers are also Legionary priests. Fr Simon is now based at the Legion of Christ seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut.
“Every aversion, every anger and resentment which we tolerate in our hearts, blocks the door to the Lord.” — Edith Stein