First Reading T.Dan 3: 25.34-43
When thrown into the furnace of fire, Azariah stood up and prayed; He opened his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said, "For the sake of thy name, O Lord, do we refuse me forever, and do not Kaubatalkan your covenant do not Kautarik back than us Your mercy, for the sake of Abraham lover thy sake Isaac thy servant, and for the sake of Israel, thy holy man, whom thou hast promised to multiply their offspring
be like the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.
My God, we have become the number smallest among all nations,
and now we also are considered to be low throughout the earth because of our sins. Nowaday there is no leader, prophet or ruler, no burnt offering or the sacrifice, the sacrifice of grain or incense; there is also a place to dedicate the firstfruits unto thee and find compassion. But hopefully, we received well, because the soul is shattered and spirits were low, as if we brought sacrificed sheep and oxen and thousands of lambs fattened. Thus we should sacrifice before thee this day entirely pleasing to You.
For no dikecewakanlah those who believe in you. Now we follow thee with all your soul and with piety Thee,
and thy face we were looking for. Let us Kaupermalukan, but we perlakukankanlah according to thy mercy, and according to the size of your mercy. Deliver us in accordance with the miraculous deeds, and let it be known the glory of thy name, O Lord. "
Such is the Word of God.
Psalm Ps 25: 4b-5b.6.7c.8-9
Remember all the grace and mercy, O Lord.
* Tell your walks to me, O Lord, shew thy hallways me. Bring me walk in your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me.
* Remember all the grace and mercy, O Lord, for they had been there since immemorial. Remember all the grace and mercy, O Lord, because of your goodness, O Lord.
* God is good and true; He therefore show the way to those who are astray. He guides the humble in accordance with the law and teach his way to the people who unpretentious.
Introduction to the gospel of Joel 2: 12-13
Turn to Me with all your heart, saith the Lord, for I am merciful and compassionate.
Gospel reading Matthew 18: 21-35
On one occasion, Peter came to Jesus and said, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "No!
I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. For the kingdom of heaven is like a king
to be held reckoning with his servants.
When he began to make that calculation, a debtor dihadapkanlah him ten thousand talents. But as he was unable to repay its debt, the master ordered that he be sold, with his wife, children and all his possessions to pay the debt. Then the servant fell down to worship him, saying: Be patient first, all my debt will kulunaskan. Then the king was moved with compassion will be the slave, so he released him and eliminate debt. But when the servant was out, he met another servant who owed him a hundred denarii. It captures and strangling his friend, saying: Pay what you owe! Then bowed his friend and begged him: Be patient first, it will kulunaskan my debt. But he refused and handed it to his friend in prison until the debt is paid away everything. Seeing that his friends to another very sad and convey everything that had happened to their master. So the king had summoned the first servant and said to him:
O servants of evil! All your debt has been eliminated by me because you begged me. Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I have loved you? Then his master angry
and handed him over to the torturers until he paid the entire debt. Thus my Father in heaven will do to you if each of you does not forgive your brother
with all your heart. "
Such is the Word of God.
Devotional.
In every culture on earth there are at least three words that always taught from an early age: thank you, please and sorry. Nevertheless, it is not easy to also run it as an adult. The hardest word to say is sorry and the hardest thing to do is to forgive. It is not easy to apologize let alone forgive others.
Proverb states, "to err is human, but forgive is divine", err and sin is human nature, but to forgive is divine nature. Father God in Jesus Christ has revealed forgiveness as good news and news of liberation. That's the way to blaze a new path, breaking the chain of revenge and violence. Jesus not only taught but implement them in the teaching and example of his life. Even when the end when dying, spoken are words of forgiveness, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." He told Peter to forgive 70x7, this means forgiveness without limit because 'God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in mercy "
Through baptism, we all have been called and appointed to be the children of God and get the gift of divine life. One measure of self-assess the extent to which we have become the Son of God and the divine life has gotten into us is the ability to forgive. Increasing our ability to forgive, that also increase the quality of life of the Divine within us.
Item contemplation
God's perfect love manifested in His mercy is infinite. How many times have we recite the Our Father. Hopefully every time praying, we are also seriously invoke the grace to grow in God's mercy and enabled to forgive.
Prayer.
Father is merciful, grant us thy people the ability to improve our forgiveness to others. Amen.
Thus my Father in heaven will
do unto you, if ye do not forgive each brother
with all your heart.
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