Tonight, we hear from the Gospel: the servant begging: “Give me time”.... “I will pay the whole sum”
“And the servant’s Master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.
But this wicked servant shows no mercy to his debtor but put his debtor in prison.
The Servant’s Master asked “I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me”
“Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?”
So, are we too as wicked as this servant? Have we shown mercy to our debtors? Or have we put our debtors in prisons too?
Tonight, in the Gospel, Jesus forewarns us that “Our heavenly Father will deal with us unless we forgive our debtors from our heart.”
I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Why? ...... For each time you forgive, you grow in holiness... you grow closer to our forgiving Lord.
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us” This clear instruction from our Lord Jesus is a daily path to Holiness.
Tonight, on this cross, Jesus is uttering & pleading for us once again:”Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.”
The first Christian Martyr St Stephen, uttered this last word “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”. And St Paul was there... This last word of St Stephen must have a deep impression on Saul’s conversion ! We too like St Stephen, can be an instrument to help in someone’s conversion through our act of forgiveness.
Brothers & sisters in Christ, each time we forgive from our heart, we store within our spiritual beings an abundant wealth & blessings from our almighty God. This is a gift from God.
“And the servant’s Master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.
But this wicked servant shows no mercy to his debtor but put his debtor in prison.
The Servant’s Master asked “I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me”
“Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?”
So, are we too as wicked as this servant? Have we shown mercy to our debtors? Or have we put our debtors in prisons too?
Tonight, in the Gospel, Jesus forewarns us that “Our heavenly Father will deal with us unless we forgive our debtors from our heart.”
I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Why? ...... For each time you forgive, you grow in holiness... you grow closer to our forgiving Lord.
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us” This clear instruction from our Lord Jesus is a daily path to Holiness.
Tonight, on this cross, Jesus is uttering & pleading for us once again:”Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.”
The first Christian Martyr St Stephen, uttered this last word “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”. And St Paul was there... This last word of St Stephen must have a deep impression on Saul’s conversion ! We too like St Stephen, can be an instrument to help in someone’s conversion through our act of forgiveness.
Brothers & sisters in Christ, each time we forgive from our heart, we store within our spiritual beings an abundant wealth & blessings from our almighty God. This is a gift from God.
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