Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today we meditate on the line from the Our Father, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who

trespass against us.

Now Jesus gives the most striking parable about forgiveness.

When he tells the parable about a guy who owes a king

an enormous amount of money. In fact, the only way he could even begin to pay it

off is if all his property were auctioned off and he and his family were sold into slavery.

And it looks like that's about to happen.

But this servant begs the king for mercy.

And the king doesn't just extend the deadline or reduce the debt.

He writes the entire thing off, lets the guy go, scot-free.

This servant, he just gets his entire life back.

Then he's walking down the street, a free man, no debt, and he runs into a fellow servant who owes him a miniscule fraction of how much he owed the king. But he grabs this second

servant by the throat, throttles him and screams,

Give me my money right now. This second servant begs for a little time. He'll pay

him back but he just needs a little time to get it together. Not good enough, says the first servant, and he hands his fellow servant over to prison until he pays

back what he owes.

Well, the king here until he pays back what he owes.

Well, the king hears of this,

and he summons the first servant before him.

Then he lets him have it.

He says,

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