“Ultimately, I believe that suffering leads to salvation … We have to somehow accept, not deny, the feel of our suffering and feel our losses. Your being here is an indication that you’ve made that decision already. You’ve made the decision to walk through the gate of forgiveness to grace. Just as Christ did on the cross. He suffered terribly and He was broken by it, to the point of doubt and a feeling of absolutely abandonment, which all of you have felt. Then there was a decision to be made. And the decision was to look upon the people who were causing that suffering with compassion and with forgiveness, and that’s what opens the gates of heaven for all of us. I wish that for all of you. I wish that for myself.”
— Jim Carrey, July 9, 2017 to the residents at Homeboy Industries
