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September 11, 2005
Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Psalm: Sunday 40

Reading I
Sir 27:30—28:7

Wrath and anger are hateful things,
yet the sinner hugs them tight.
The vengeful will suffer the LORD’s vengeance,
for he remembers their sins in detail.
Forgive your neighbor’s injustice;
then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven.
Could anyone nourish anger against another
and expect healing from the LORD?
Could anyone refuse mercy to another like himself,
can he seek pardon for his own sins?
If one who is but flesh cherishes wrath,
who will forgive his sins?
Remember your last days, set enmity aside;
remember death and decay, and cease from sin!
Think of the commandments, hate not your neighbor;
remember the Most High’s covenant, and overlook faults.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12

R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
He pardons all your iniquities,
heals all your ills.
redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.

Reading II
Rom 14:7-9

Brothers and sisters:
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,
and if we die, we die for the Lord;
so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For this is why Christ died and came to life,
that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Gospel
Mt 18:21-35

Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.’
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized one of his fellow servants and started to choke him, demanding,
‘Pay back what you owe.’
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’
But he refused.
Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master
and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?’
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart.”

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time


From: Romans 14:7-9


[7] None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. [8] If
we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so
then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. [9] For to
this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the
dead and of the living.

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Commentary:


7-9. We do not own ourselves, we are not our own masters. God, One and
Three, has created us, and Jesus Christ has freed us from sin by
redeeming us with his Blood. Therefore, he is our lord, and we his
servants, committed to him body and soul. Just as the slave is not his
own master, but he himself and all he does redounds to the benefit of
his master, everything we are and everything we have are geared, in the
last analysis, not to our own use and benefit: we have to live and die
for the glory of God. He is lord of our life and of our death.
Commenting on these words St Gregory the Great says: "The saints,
therefore, do not live and do not die for themselves. They do not live
for themselves, because in all that they do they strive for spiritual
gain: by praying, preaching and persevering in good works, they seek the
increase of the citizens of the heavenly fatherland. Nor do they
die for themselves because men see them glorifying God by their death,
hastening to reach him through death" ("In Ezechielem Homiliae", II,
10).

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Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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From: Matthew 18:21-35

Forgiveness of Injuries. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

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[21] Then Peter came up and said to Him (Jesus), "Lord, how often
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven
times?" [22] Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times,
but seventy times seven.


[23] "Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who
wished to settle accounts with his servants. [24] When he began the
reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents;
[25] and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his
wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. [26] So
the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Lord, have patience with
me, and I will pay you everything.' [27] And out of pity for him the
lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. [28] But
that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants
who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said,
`Pay what you owe.' [29] So his fellow servant fell down and besought
him, `Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' [30] He refused and
went and put him in prison till he should pay his debt. [31] When his
fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed,
and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.
[32] Then his lord summoned him and said to him, `You wicked servant!
I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; [33] and should
not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?'
[34] And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should
pay all his debt. [35] So also My Heavenly Father will do to every one
of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."

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Commentary:


21-35. Peter's question and particularly Jesus' reply prescribe the
spirit of understanding and mercy which should govern Christians'
behavior.


In Hebrew the figure of seventy times seven means the same as "always"
(cf. Genesis 4:24): "Therefore, our Lord did not limit forgiveness to a
fixed number, but declared that it must be continuous and forever"
(Chrysostom, "Hom. on St. Matthew", 6). Here also we can see the
contrast between man's ungenerous, calculating approach to forgiveness,
and God's infinite mercy. The parable also clearly shows that we are
totally in God's debt. A talent was the equivalent of six thousand
denarii, and a denarius a working man's daily wage. Ten thousand
talents, an enormous sum, gives us an idea of the immense value attaching
to the pardon we receive from God. Overall, the parable
teaches that we must always forgive our brothers, and must do so
wholeheartedly.


"Force yourself, if necessary, always to forgive those who offend you,
from the very first moment. For the greatest injury or offense that
you can suffer from them is nothing compared to what God has pardoned
you" ([St] J. Escriva, "The Way", 452).

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Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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September 11, 2001

 

Never Forget!

 

September 11, 2001

 

Never Forget!

 

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Sunday, September 11, 2005
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fourth anniversary of World Trade Center bombing

First Reading: Psalm: Second Reading: Gospel:

Sirach 27:30 -- 28:9 Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12 Romans 14:7-9 Matthew 18:21-35 It is not particularly difficult to find thousands who will spend two or three hours a day in exercising, but if you ask them to bend their knees to God in five minutes of prayer, they protest that it is too long. -- Bishop Fulton Sheen

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Struggling to Forgive

by Fr. John De Celles

Other Articles by Fr. John De Celles

Struggling to Forgive

09/10/05

In today’s Gospel text Peter asks Jesus: "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive?" And Jesus responds, "seventy-seven times." In the Scriptures, the number seven symbolizes perfection, so the number 77 stands for an infinite number — i.e., "always."

Jesus’s instruction here, along with parable of the unforgiving servant, is one of the hardest for us to read, much less live out. To forgive every transgression against us, by anyone, seems impossible. But that is what Christ demands, so much so that He makes it a condition of God forgiving us: "his master handed him over to the torturers.... So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother."

Many people feel great sorrow and confusion over their inability to forgive someone in their lives. Some offenses seem just too much to forgive: for example of child abuse or rape or terrorism. But some of the offenses hardest to forgive are the smallest — we cling to the pain of a father missing our "big game" when we were children. And sometimes it’s not just one offense but a whole lifetime of offenses we have to forgive — think of man who has verbally abused his wife for 30 years.

But God looks at us and sees the very same offenses. He sees the heinous crimes, the petty slights and the lifetimes of sins in every one of us. But He forgives us because He loves. And He calls us to love in the same way.

Why can’t we do this? Unfortunately, a lot of people think it is impossible for them to forgive because they equate "forgiving" with "forgetting." But as the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us: "It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense" (No. 2843). Not even God forgets the sins He forgives — if He did, how could He give us the grace to avoid them in the future? Like the master in the story, He forgives the debt, but remembers it was once owed. So it’s not necessary to pretend that a person hasn’t offended us in order to allow ourselves to forgive him.

What is necessary for forgiveness, though, is love. Sadly, too many people keep themselves from forgiving because they confuse "loving" with "liking." Loving someone involves genuinely wanting the best for him, but "liking" someone is merely enjoying his companionship. Jesus did not enjoy being with the soldiers who nailed Him to the Cross. But He loved them, and He forgave them.

Still, some think that they are incapable of loving those who have hurt them: the offense was too deep, too long ago, or too longstanding, to let go of. This may sometimes be true — sometimes it may be impossible for us, "but...all things are possible with God" (Mk 10:27).

Like the parable of the debtors, every sin is like a failure to pay God the love He was rightfully due. But God has so much love He doesn’t need to worry about what we owe Him from the past. And His love is so generous that He not only forgives our debt to him, but gives us enough of His love so we have more than enough to give to others — enough so we won’t need to worry about what they owed us from the past. And so acceptance of His loving forgiveness makes possible passing that loving forgiveness on to others.

Sometimes we feel it is impossible to forgive as Jesus commands. But with the love of Christ, nothing is impossible, even forgiving our brother "not seven times but seventy-seven times."


Fr. De Celles is Parochial Vicar of St. Michael Parish in Annandale, Virginia.

(This article courtesy of the Arlington Catholic Herald.)

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9/11 Prayer Bump

Bishop Fulton Sheen, pray for us.

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I am confident that with the commitment of Pastors and faithful, there will be an increasingly assiduous and fervent participation in the Eucharist in every community. Today in particular, I would like to urge people to sanctify with joy the "Lord's Day", Sunday, a holy day for Christians.

In this context, I would like to recall St Gregory the Great, whose liturgical Memorial we celebrated yesterday. That great Pope made a historically effective contribution to promoting various aspects of the liturgy and in particular, the proper celebration of the Eucharist. May his intercession, together with that of Mary Most Holy, help us every Sunday to live to the full the joy of Easter and of the encounter with the Risen Lord.

Benedict XVI Angelus message September 4, 2005

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Catholic Culture

 

Collect: Almighty God, our creator and guide, may we serve you with all our heart and know your forgiveness in our lives. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Recipes: » Late Summer into Fall Sample Menu Prayers: » Blessing of Students and Teachers

September 11, 2005 Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time His master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?’ Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart.” Sunday Readings The first reading is taken from the Book of Sirach 27:30, 28:7. In the verses read today, Sirach tells us that we must forgive our neighbor if we want God to forgive us our own sins. We must be merciful if we hope to obtain mercy from God. We must not seek revenge on a neighbor lest God should take vengeance on us. If we remember our end in life we will keep God's commandments and we will not be angry with a neighbor who offends us. The second reading is from the St. Paul to the Romans 14:7-9. In these three verses St. Paul emphasizes the fact that through our baptism we have been made members of Christ's mystical body, we have become brothers of Christ, intimately united with him in his death and resurrection. Whether living or dead we belong to Christ. It was for this purpose, to unite all men closely to himself not only in this life but especially in the next, that Christ became man and "dwelt among us." The Gospel is from St. Matthew 18:21-35. On reading or hearing this story of the merciless servant, each one of us would rightly judge him a mean, low type of man, a heartless man, who puts himself outside the pale of mercy. He throttled his fellow-servant for a paltry debt of ten dollars, and would not listen to the poor man's plea for mercy. When we hear what the king did to this heartless servant we heartily approve and say: "It served him right, he got what he richly deserved." We had better stop and think for a moment today and reflect that we ourselves may be that merciless servant described in the parable. Every time we have sinned mortally we have incurred an unpayable debt to God. Each time we have received absolution we have come out of God's courtroom as free men. A weight greater than a million dollar debt has been lifted from our shoulders. A fate worse than generations of earthly imprisonment — that is, eternal slavery — has been spared us because of God's loving, infinite mercy. How then can it happen that we could be so heartless, mean, and foolish as to refuse to forgive a neighbor for some offense he has committed against us? Yet it happens, and it may be that there are some among us here today who continue to have enmity in their hearts against neighbors who offended them. In their hard-heartedness they cannot get themselves to forgive and forget. Are these not following in the footsteps of the merciless servant? Will they not receive the punishment of the merciless servant — a punishment richly deserved? This will be the fate of all unforgiving Christians; they will meet an unforgiving God when they are called to settle their accounts. That day has not yet come for us. We still have time to put our affairs in order. We still can forgive all our enemies from our heart. If we do not, we are cutting ourselves off from the possibility of having our own sins and offenses forgiven by God. We have the solemn word of our divine Lord for this in the lesson he draws from the parable "So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you (that is, deliver us up to eternal slavery) if you do not forgive your brother from your heart." Excerpted from The Sunday Readings by Fr. Kevin O'Sullivan, O.F.M.

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Homily of the Day

Homily of the Day

Title:	God Doesn't Accept Credit Cards
Author:	Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.
Date:	Sunday, September 11, 2005

Sir 27:30-28:7 / Rom 14:7-9 / Mt 18:21-35

At the zoo one day, the big animals challenged the little animals to a football game. At half-time, the big animals were ahead, 56-0. As the second half began, the big animals handed off the ball to the tiger who went down in three seconds! "What hit you?" they asked.

"The centipede!" said the tiger.

Next they gave the ball to the lion who roared down the field, but he also went down fast. "What hit YOU?" they asked. The shocked lion answered, "The centipede!"

Finally they gave the ball to the rhino. He thundered as far as the line of scrimmage and then tumbled to the ground. "It was the centipede," he moaned in response to their question.

Calling time out, the big animals asked, "Where was this centipede during the first half?"

"Oh," said the coach, "he was in the locker room putting on his shoes."

We don't know who finally won the game. But we do know who would have won for sure if someone had helped the centipede with his shoes.

Sunday's Gospel story is about a man who needed help in a big way. As a result of many stupid mistakes, he was buried under a mountain of debt so vast it could never be repaid. He was ruined and so was his family. And then out of the clear blue sky came help: The king forgave the whole debt, and gave him a new life! And what was the price of this second chance? The king TOLD him: Give a second chance to someone else who needs it.

That is our mission as followers of Jesus: To do for each other what He does for us: lend a hand; give help where it's needed; lift away heavy burdens; give second chances in all their many forms — as small as a second chance in a conversation and as large a second chance at life. The opportunity to do all that is present to us at every moment, as close as the person next to us.

The church is a hospital for sinners, a hospital made by Jesus for people in trouble. EVERYBODY here NEEDS help. EVERYBODY here NEEDS second chances. And the corollary of that is: every last one of us OWES help and second chances in return.

Think how much unearned help and how many unearned second chances have brought us to this moment. So many! They are the measure of what we owe — you and I. And remember, God doesn't accept credit cards, but only payment in kind: help and second chances graciously given in abundance.

Our giving with thankful hearts will bring its own gift back to us: hearts happy and alive on the inside. That is what God has always wanted for us. And that is what can be ours this day.

May God grant us great hearts that are ready for this great work to which we are called!

 

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Homily of the Day

Title:	God Doesn't Accept Credit Cards
Author:	Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.
Date:	Sunday, September 11, 2005

Sir 27:30-28:7 / Rom 14:7-9 / Mt 18:21-35

At the zoo one day, the big animals challenged the little animals to a football game. At half-time, the big animals were ahead, 56-0. As the second half began, the big animals handed off the ball to the tiger who went down in three seconds! "What hit you?" they asked.

"The centipede!" said the tiger.

Next they gave the ball to the lion who roared down the field, but he also went down fast. "What hit YOU?" they asked. The shocked lion answered, "The centipede!"

Finally they gave the ball to the rhino. He thundered as far as the line of scrimmage and then tumbled to the ground. "It was the centipede," he moaned in response to their question.

Calling time out, the big animals asked, "Where was this centipede during the first half?"

"Oh," said the coach, "he was in the locker room putting on his shoes."

We don't know who finally won the game. But we do know who would have won for sure if someone had helped the centipede with his shoes.

Sunday's Gospel story is about a man who needed help in a big way. As a result of many stupid mistakes, he was buried under a mountain of debt so vast it could never be repaid. He was ruined and so was his family. And then out of the clear blue sky came help: The king forgave the whole debt, and gave him a new life! And what was the price of this second chance? The king TOLD him: Give a second chance to someone else who needs it.

That is our mission as followers of Jesus: To do for each other what He does for us: lend a hand; give help where it's needed; lift away heavy burdens; give second chances in all their many forms — as small as a second chance in a conversation and as large a second chance at life. The opportunity to do all that is present to us at every moment, as close as the person next to us.

The church is a hospital for sinners, a hospital made by Jesus for people in trouble. EVERYBODY here NEEDS help. EVERYBODY here NEEDS second chances. And the corollary of that is: every last one of us OWES help and second chances in return.

Think how much unearned help and how many unearned second chances have brought us to this moment. So many! They are the measure of what we owe — you and I. And remember, God doesn't accept credit cards, but only payment in kind: help and second chances graciously given in abundance.

Our giving with thankful hearts will bring its own gift back to us: hearts happy and alive on the inside. That is what God has always wanted for us. And that is what can be ours this day.

May God grant us great hearts that are ready for this great work to which we are called!

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In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin
but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal
body so that you obey its evil desires.
Romans 6:11-12

Thought...

If we have been cleansed from perversity, if we have
died with Christ in baptism and have been cleansed
thoroughly and completely by the Holy Spirit, then
let's live for God! Let's resist sin, and our inclination
to sin, with all our might, knowing that as we do,
the Holy Spirit will empower us to a much greater
righteousness than we could ever live on our own.
Let's begin each day with a conscious decision to
be dead to our sinful past and alive to the goal
of the holy character of God!

Prayer...

Loving and Righteous Father, Almighty God, help
my heart remain firmly committed to your will and
more fully conformed to your holy character and
grace. In the name of Jesus,
my Savior and my Lord. Amen.

Deus vobiscum

 

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Mt 18:21-35
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
21	Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?	tunc accedens Petrus ad eum dixit Domine quotiens peccabit in me frater meus et dimittam ei usque septies
22	Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.	dicit illi Iesus non dico tibi usque septies sed usque septuagies septies
23	Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.	ideo adsimilatum est regnum caelorum homini regi qui voluit rationem ponere cum servis suis
24	And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.	et cum coepisset rationem ponere oblatus est ei unus qui debebat decem milia talenta
25	And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.	cum autem non haberet unde redderet iussit eum dominus venundari et uxorem eius et filios et omnia quae habebat et reddi
26	But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.	procidens autem servus ille orabat eum dicens patientiam habe in me et omnia reddam tibi
27	And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.	misertus autem dominus servi illius dimisit eum et debitum dimisit ei
28	But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.	egressus autem servus ille invenit unum de conservis suis qui debebat ei centum denarios et tenens suffocabat eum dicens redde quod debes
29	And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.	et procidens conservus eius rogabat eum dicens patientiam habe in me et omnia reddam tibi
30	And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.	ille autem noluit sed abiit et misit eum in carcerem donec redderet debitum
31	Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.	videntes autem conservi eius quae fiebant contristati sunt valde et venerunt et narraverunt domino suo omnia quae facta erant
32	Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:	tunc vocavit illum dominus suus et ait illi serve nequam omne debitum dimisi tibi quoniam rogasti me
33	Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?	non ergo oportuit et te misereri conservi tui sicut et ego tui misertus sum
34	And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.	et iratus dominus eius tradidit eum tortoribus quoadusque redderet universum debitum
35	So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.	sic et Pater meus caelestis faciet vobis si non remiseritis unusquisque fratri suo de cordibus vestris

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The Need for Forgiveness

St. Peter's Basilica
Panels of the Holy Door
Vico Consorti, 1949

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The last door on the right is the "Holy Door". This door is bricked up on the inside. On the first day of the Holy Year the Pope strikes the brick wall with a hammer, and so opens the door to let in the pilgrims who come to make the most of the indulgence. It will be closed by the Pope himself at the end of the Holy Year. The Holy Door represents Jesus, the Good Shepherd and the gate of the sheep pen: "I am the gate. Whoever enters through me, will be safe. He will go in and out, and find pasture" (Jn 10:9). The Holy Year is celebrated every 25 years. In this century two extraordinary Holy Years of Redemption have also been celebrated on the anniversary of Jesus' death on the Cross: 1933 and 1983. When the wall is knocked down, the bronze panels of the door made by Vico Consorti appear. Since 24 December 1949 they have replaced the former wooden panels made in 1749.

(The Holy Door)

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This parable reflects our view on salvation, works, and also clarifies the doctrine of purgatory.

orabat eum dicens [...] omnia reddam tibi

The sinner makes a declaration of faith and purpose to work out the debt in the same sentence

debitum dimisit ei [...] ille autem noluit

Christ the Lord forgives an existing debt/sin not asking for repayment. The sinner, however, refuses to do the work of mercy that the logic of forgiveness demands. This is a clear indication how the forgiveness of sin at Calvary does not render the faithful onto a robotic state of complete obedience but rather allows him to do or not do the requisite charitable work.

iratus dominus eius tradidit eum tortoribus quoadusque redderet universum debitum

The original punishment was twofold: the sinner, his household, and all his possessions are sold, and the payment is made out of the proceeds. The second punushment is merely that the payment is made under torture. In other words, the sinner remains forgiven, but his conduct following the forgiveness necessitates the torture. This is Purgatory: the place of purifying torture of the forgiven, temporary till the measure of their forgiven sin is cleansed in their souls. Once that consequence of sin is purged, the soul is free in Paradise.

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Think of the commandments, hate not your neighbor

Advice to take to heart.