Forgiveness is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the whole Gospels.
Forgiveness received and given breaks our meritocracy of quid pro quo thinking. Apparently hate is here to remain. Jesus obviously saw our need to be saved from our hates we harbor towards one another. First he had to expose the lie and illusion of hate, then love could show itself—and it did. How so?
He not only gave us tex…
