At the Last Supper, Jesus accused -- with the same gravity and using the same phrase -- two of his apostles. Both had committed the crimes foreseen by Jesus. Judas Iscariot recovered his senses and condemned himself. Peter also recovered his senses, after denying three times everything he had believed in. But at the decisive moment, Peter understood the true meaning of Jesus' >message. He asked forgiveness and went on, humiliated. He could have chosen suicide, but instead he faced the other apostles and must have said: "Okay, speak of my error for as long as the human race exists. But let me correct it." Peter understood that Love forgives. Judas understood nothing.
**** SOURCE PAULO COELHO ERELYNE L. BAUTISTA Associate Accountant Social Mobilization for TB World Vision Development Foundation, Inc. TeleFax: (632) 374-7618 local 109 "Our Vision for Every Child, Life in all its Fullness; Our Prayer for Every Heart, the Will to Make it So."
