Craig Silvey - Means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as...

Means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Is a lot of things. It's a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Is the wake of misdeed. It's the crippling ripple of consequence. Is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Is sometimes self-pity. But, really, is not about you. It's theirs to take or leave. Means you leave yourself open, to embrace or to ridicule or to revenge. Is a question that begs forgiveness, because the metronome of a good heart won't settle until things are set right and true. Doesn't take things back, but it pushes things forward. It bridges the gap. Is a sacrament. It's an offering. A gift.