Monday of Week 2 of Lent - Luke 6: 36-38
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🗓️ 16 March 2025
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Luke 6: 36-38 - 'Grant pardon, and you will be pardoned.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 1458 (in 'The Confession of Sins') - Without being strictly necessary, confession of everyday faults (venial sins) is nevertheless strongly recommended by the Church. Indeed the regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by Christ and progress in the life of the Spirit. By receiving more frequently through this sacrament the gift of the Father's mercy, we are spurred to be merciful as he is merciful (abbreviated)
- 2842 (in 'as we forgive those who trespass against us') - This "as" is not unique in Jesus' teaching: "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"; "Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful"; "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." It is impossible to keep the Lord's commandment by imitating the divine model from outside; there has to be a vital participation, coming from the depths of the heart, in the holiness and the mercy and the love of our God. Only the Spirit by whom we live can make "ours" the same mind that was in Christ Jesus. Then the unity of forgiveness becomes possible and we find ourselves "forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave" us.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. As always, it's our goal here to help you understand the |
| 0:16.4 | literal sense of the scriptures, particularly the gospel reading from today's Mass. So the reading from |
| 0:22.2 | today's mass, the gospel reading, is Luke chapter 6 versus 36 to 38. So here's the reading. |
| 0:30.6 | Jesus said to his disciples, be compassionate as your father is compassionate. Do not judge and you will not be judged yourselves. Do not |
| 0:40.5 | condemn and you will not be condemned yourselves. Grant pardon and you will be pardoned. Give and there will be |
| 0:48.7 | gifts for you. A full measure pressed down shaken shaken together and running over. |
| 0:55.0 | We'll be poured into your lap because the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given back. |
| 1:03.0 | So we have here a short excerpt from Luke's version of the sermon on the Mount. |
| 1:08.0 | So here we have large crowds coming to hear Jesus. And this is just a short |
| 1:13.1 | excerpt of that larger sermon. If you want to hear the larger text that this has taken from, you can hear |
| 1:18.1 | that on Thursday of week 23 in ordinary time. So by now, Jesus has already said quite a few things in |
| 1:25.4 | the sermon. He's already said, love your enemies. He's |
| 1:28.8 | basically said, turn the other cheek, treat others as he would like them to treat you. And then the last |
| 1:34.8 | thing he said is do good without any hope of return. And if you do that, you'll be sons of the most |
| 1:41.5 | high because God the most high is kind and grateful to |
| 1:45.3 | the wicked as well. So all of that has happened, and now we get to verse 36 today, be compassionate |
| 1:50.7 | as your father is compassionate. More literally there, it's be merciful, even as your father is merciful. |
| 1:58.0 | Mercy carries this idea of being deeply moved, or compassion certainly does, have been deeply |
| 2:02.2 | moved in helping those in need, and Jesus here is particularly referring to sinners. |
| 2:06.6 | Have mercy on sinners. |
| 2:08.7 | This teaching is going to be amplified in the parable of the Good Samaritan in particular. |
| 2:14.8 | And again, Jesus' point here is be compassionate, be merciful, as your father is compassionate. |
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