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Be compassionate as I am compassionate - 24th Sunday of the Year, Year A

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 1:10 a.m.

Be compassionate as I am compassionate: Peter thinks that we can put a number on the people whom we forgive. Jesus continues to insist on the radical nature of Christian forgiveness with his parable on the behaviour of the two servants. Forgiveness must be practised everywhere and always. Compassion leads the Master to forgive incredible debt; anger and violence is used to deny forgiveness to another. The Master returns, and the angry servant who has been forgiven is punished. God's forgiveness, rooted in his compassion, is endless. But it is conditional. We must be compassionate as our Father is compassionate. Otherwise, we cannot bank on his merciful forgiveness.

Presented by world-renowned biblical scholar Rev. Professor Francis J. Moloney SDB AM, Audio Divina, is a Lectio-Divina styled reflection on the gospel for the 24th Sunday of the year, Year A.

Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:21-35

Gospel read by Maria and Thomas

Narrated by Michael Gartland

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