26 March 2019
HE CANCELLED THE DEBT (Matthew 18:21-35)
To forgive is to heal. When
we cancel a debt or compromise with another person we build something new.
Jesus is insistent; this is the surest way of building a new society. The
nineteen nineties saw three examples; in Eastern Europe, in South Africa and in
Northern Ireland. And we know how mending personal quarrels is a healing. Our
first reading speaks of a ‘contrite heart, a humble spirit.’ (Daniel3) These
are the qualities that rebuild. What we
lack, at times, is the desire. We feel it asks too much of us, shows us up as
weak, etc. So we stick to our power game. But wonderful things happen when
power gives way to forgiveness.
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