Mother embraces her son's killer and forgives him, her touching words

For a Brazilian mother, forgiveness is the only way.

Dormitilia Lopes she is the mother of a doctor, Andrade Lopes Santana, who at 32 was found dead in a river in Brazil. The main suspect, Geraldo Freitas, is a colleague of the victim. He was arrested a few hours after the crime.

The victim's mother managed to talk to him: “He hugged me, cried with me, said he felt my pain. When he arrived handcuffed at the police station with a coat over his head, I said, 'Junior, you killed my son, why did you do that?' ”.

Interviewed by the local press, Dormitília Lopes claimed to have forgiven the one who killed her son.

His words: “I can't stand resentment, hatred or the desire for revenge on the killer. Forgiveness because our only way is to forgive, there is no other way, if you want to go to heaven, if you don't forgive ”.

A story that reminds us of what is reported in the Gospel of Matthew (18-22) where we find the famous question addressed by Peter to Jesus which says: “Lord, how many times will I have to forgive my brother if he sins against me? Up to seven times? And Jesus answered him clearly: 'I don't tell you up to seven but up to seventy times seven' ”.

Yes, because, even though it may seem difficult, as in the case of the woman who lost her child, a Christian must always forgive.

Source: InfoChretienne.