ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS - Comments From the Chair - 9 March 2021

#TheParableOfTheUnforgivingServant #Forgiveness #Prayer #PrayingForTheOneWhoHurtYou TOPIC: DO YOU PRAY FOR THE ONE WHO HAS HURT YOU? First Reading: Daniel 3:25, 34-43 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25:4-5AB, 6 AND 7BC, 8-9 Verse Before the Gospel: Joel 2:12-13 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35 Today’s liturgical readings are all about forgiveness. In the first, three young men — Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah — were bound and thrown into a fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar for refusing to abandon their religion. The angel of God led them out of that furnace unharmed. Azariah begs the Lord to forgive the people who put them into such an agony. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus tells a parable about a servant who owed the king a huge sum of money. The servant pleads for more time to settle his obligation. Another servant begs the first servant for time, as well, to pay off his debt. This is the 336th installment of our CFC quarantine contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings. [NOTE: All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time for us to ponder what God's message is for us individually and to pray that we may live them out in our lives. This video is also available on   / cfchrist   and Bong Arjonillo’s Facebook page]