A missionary on one of the Pacific Islands was surprised one day to see a woman enter his hut carrying a handful of sand, which was still dripping water.
"Do you know what this is?" she asked.
"It looks like sand," replied the missionary.
"Do you know why i brought it here?" she asked.
"No, I can't imagine why" the padre answered.
"Well, these are my sins," the woman explained, "my sins which are as countless
as the sands of the sea. How can I ever obtain forgiveness for all of them?"
"You got that sand down by the shore, did you not?" said the missionary.
"Well take it back there and pile up a heaping mound of sand. Then sit back and watch the waves come in and wash the pile slowly but surely and completely away. That is how God's forgiveness works. His mercy is a big as the ocean. Be truly sorry and the Lord will forgive."
Source: from the Book 1000 Stories you can use (Volume Two) by Frank Mihalic, SVD *729
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