{"id":649,"date":"2015-01-30T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T06:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stgeorgeseastivanhoe.org\/wordpress\/?p=649"},"modified":"2015-01-30T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T06:54:43","slug":"bishop-huggins-mercy-is-the-response-of-our-common-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stgeorgeseastivanhoe.org\/wordpress\/bishop-huggins-mercy-is-the-response-of-our-common-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Huggins – \u2018Mercy\u2019 is the response of our common humanity."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Mercy\u2019 is the response of our common humanity<\/strong>
\nA statement from Bishop Philip Huggins, Vicar General, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Indonesian authorities have obviously facilitated, by all accounts, the remarkable rehabilitation of the two Australian former drug-traffickers.<\/p>\n

Their own response to opportunities for rehabilitation further underscores the cruel folly of execution.<\/p>\n

We recoil at the thought.<\/p>\n

They are poised instead, should mercy be shown, to make some contribution to the common good.<\/p>\n

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are complex and multi-layered but this is more than a matter of national sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Our common humanity transcends matters of nationality and fosters co-operation, as we have seen over responses to lost airlines.<\/p>\n

Here are two men who recognise the sins of their youth, as many of us do looking back.<\/p>\n

They are seeking to redeem themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMercy\u201d is the response of our common humanity.<\/p>\n

The prayer of the Psalmist is ancient wisdom, always true:<\/p>\n

“Remember not the sins of my youth according to your love remember me, for you are good O Lord.”(Ps 25:7)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

30th January 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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