Forgiveness and Relationship
“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. Let us all agree; we have […]
Forgiveness & The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Third Week In Lent Matthew 18:21-35 The two great themes of the Bible are the Love of God and Love of Brother/Neighbour. We see these at the start of Genesis in the story of Creation and story of Cain and Abel. We see them in the Law […]
Forgiveness Seventy Times Seven
Matthew 18:21-35 Back in the book of Genesis, soon after the Cain and Abel incident, one of Cain’s descendants made a similar statement of seventy times seven. This person, Lamech is seen informing his two wives that he killed a young boy, for wounding him, but actually he says, it was nothing more than […]