Costly Love: A Reflection on Les Miserables
A loaf of bread is risen with the yeast of a brother, but the cost amounts to 19 long years of hard labor.
A bag of silverwares is given as a gift from a priest, but its value is only redeemed by life's second lease.
A dream of holy life is broken by an act of wrong, but the hope is passed on, thanks to a mayor on the run.
A safe haven is in the sanctuary of a convent, but the revolution stirs up changes like a whirlwind.
A father who has no wife raises a daughter not his own, but gives away by carrying the young groom out of his wound.
An ex-con turns into a brave soldier for a moment, but spares his chief nemesis without the slightest relent.
Human justice without forgiveness is bound to shed blood, but to love another is to see the glory of God.
(2013/1/5)
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