– Jim Carrey Preaches to former inmates in Los Angeles
Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer, James Eugene Carrey preached the hope of Jesus to former inmates telling them that he has learned that suffering leads to salvation.
During an event that was organised by Homeboy Industries at downtown Los Angeles, California, the 55 years old actor appealed to former gang members, men and women who were previously incarcerated, but through the program are now trying to re-structure their lives and become contributing members of society.
“I want to speak to the fact that I believe that this room is filled with God, and that you are heroes to me and I admire you. You’ve made a decision to transcend and to leave darkness behind, and it takes a champion to make that decision.” He said while speaking.
“I really wanna speak to the fact that I’ve had some challenges myself and ultimately I believe that suffering leads to salvation. In fact, it’s the only way. We have to somehow accept and not deny feel our suffering, feel our losses, and then we make one of two decisions,”
Carrey said all people need to choose between two “gates.” He described one of the gates as resentment, which leads to vengeance, self-harm, and harm to others. The other gate is forgiveness, which “leads to grace.”
“Your being here indicates that you’ve made that decision already. You’ve made the decision to walk through the gate of forgiveness, of grace, just as Christ did on the Cross. He suffered terribly and He was broken by it to the point of doubt and feeling of absolute abandonment, that’s all that He felt,” Carrey explained.
The American actor said that despite the horrible circumstances Jesus was in, he made the decision to look on the people responsible for his suffering with “compassion and forgiveness.”
“When you decide to transcend the negativity and attempt to do something positive for you and your family, you are the heart of God, you are the eyes of God. When you speak from that place you are God’s voice,” he passionately concluded. “Serving the world with your work, that is the Eucharist, that is the body of Christ.” He concluded
