24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Matthew 18:21-35

It’s the sense of being “bound” to have pity that I’m after.

Where does it come from?

Elsewhere, in Lk 7:47, Jesus says that “it is the man who is forgiven little who shows little love.”

This is an amazing teaching really because it suggests that it is our personal sinfulness, acknowledged, confessed and forgiven that empowers us to forgive others.

I think Jesus essential point is true, the man who knows himself to be a sinner, is fully aware of his misery before God, but has appealed to that same God and knows that he is forgiven and loved – and knows this in his heart – does actually feel bound to forgive others, more, he is empowered toward forgiveness.

Sin when it truly meets God’s love breeds not more sin but more love ❤️