An opera about forgiveness...

REFLECTION on Christian faith:

Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.  (The Lord's prayer)
A definite rule of any Christian soul, forgiveness.

God is truth

God is love

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away" (1 Corinthians 13:1-8)


"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. "
Matthew 7:1-2


STIFFELIO

STIFFELIO:
"Allor Gesù rivolto
Al popolo assembrato
Mostrò l'adultera
Ch'era a suoi piedi e così disse:

LINA:
(Oh, ciel!)


STIFFELIO:
'Quegli di voi che non peccò
La prima pietra scagli.'

JORG:
Che parli?

LINA:
(E non finisce?)

STIFFELIO:
E la donna, la donna
Perdonata s'alzò."


LINA:
Gran Dio!

JORG:
Che fai, Stiffelio?

STIFFELIO:
"Perdonata, perdonata."

Iddio lo pronunziò.


CORO:
"Perdonata! Perdonata!"
Iddio lo pronunziò.



LINA:
Gran Dio!