November awakenings

Saturday, November 18, 2017

With the close of the Church Year coming, the traditional readings include a Gospel reading of Jesus’ parables about the end of the Church Age, the return of Christ. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:21-35) is an alarming text about forgiveness—the servant accepts his master’s forgiveness but does not give the same to his own servants. The unforgiving servant is condemned. Jesus ends this parable with, “So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

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