Forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Love your neighbors and hate your enemies. He says, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
What is life really about when the grudge that one harbors leading to no other ways but revengeance, and when the question of life and death is left behind? How long does that grudge last? What can be done to alleviate the pain it causes? How to get rid of it? Probe it from the other end, can it be forgiven?
Messala is lucky in a way that he was forgiven right before his last breathe.