It is worth noting that Dante places the full healing of memory at the
top of Purgatory, long after earthly death and the long process of
atonement for one's sins. Setting aside dementia, injury, or some other
illness that affects one's mental faculties, it is in man's nature to
remember, to carry with him through his life memories of events both
good and bad. Why would that be? How does one reconcile God's love
with the burden of painful memories?
God
doesn't erase our memories because they help to constitute us as
individuals, and His creatures whom He loves. Rather than blot out our
memories of injuries, heartbreaks, and sins we've endured and committed,
God forgives us our offenses and preserves the memory so that we might
recall the love He has for us.
Fallen Sparrow is back, and I'm so glad.
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My reasons for visiting here -- the music, and your introductions to new friends, like Fallen Sparrow.
Thank you, Pentimento.
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