May 7, 2010

My Journey to God

I’m Sorry

Two small words,
a world of healing.
At times there is pain,
remembering events of the past,
hurts from friends, from family,
from strangers and from life,
and I long for someone to gently,
tenderly, sincerely say,
“I’m sorry,”
and somehow some of the pain
might go away.
But that usually does not happen
with the hurts that hurt the most.
So sitting here with my
longing for those words,
I look up at the crucifix
and remember His friends’ betrayals,
His painful torture from words and
whips and nails, and I will say,
as tenderly as I can,
“My Lord, I’m sorry.”
And maybe my apology will bring Him comfort in some unknown way.
And so, for anyone out there
hurting, yet receiving no apology,
I will say to you, “I’m sorry for
your hurt, and you and I will together
bring comfort to our Lord alone in
His Passion.”

By Mary Kuhns

(Mary Kuhns is a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Beech Grove.)

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