We know what love is, because we’ve opened ourselves to God’s generous love, and therefore we have the responsibility of sharing it with those who have less. We, on the other hand, can give them the forgiveness we’ve received from our loving Father - the “king who settled accounts with his officials” in the parable. They can only give us what they do have, and sadly, that’s grief - and plenty of it! No one can give to us what they do not have. In some cases, disease, addiction, demonic oppression, or mental illness has robbed them of the ability to receive love when it is, in fact, given to them. In many cases, they have never received real love their only experience of “love” is actually co-dependency or control or emotional bribery. Such people are in desperate need of unconditional love they’ve received less of it than we have, and that’s why they behave so badly. (Gee thanks God, but couldn’t you have picked someone else?) In God’s great concern for them, he has put them in your path. But there’s a reason why God allows it: These people need your gesture of mercy more than others do. This method of learning the lesson of today’s Gospel passage is not fun. How many people have taught you how to forgive seventy times seven times? These are the ones who repeatedly - sometimes seventy times in one day! - give you opportunities to practice forgiveness. Amen.ī/bible/readings/031423.cfmī/podcasts/audio/daily-mass-reading-podcast-march-14-2023 Forgive, forgive, and forgive…again? My Lord, help me to understand that forgiving is the key that opens us to Your love and help me to accept that You long to fill our souls with holiness. “Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling.” Making scripture meaningful to your daily life Developing Small Christian Communitites.Resources for Today’s Crises Show sub menu.Mystical Union With Christ (retreat recordings).The Apostolate of the Laity in the Church Crisis.Dark Secret of the Ouija (children’s novelette).How to Win Victories in Spiritual Warfare. Forgiven: A Meditation on the Passion of Christ.
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