Besides the BIG lesson on forgiveness, the line of “then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers UNTIL he should pay back the whole debt” stands out to me.
It seems like this is an allusion to purgatory. We will have to make payment for our unforgiveness here on earth. Better to forgive now then pay the price later.
I think this is a good point, Joyce. It ties into another thought I had about this Gospel. The wicked servant asks the king to "be patient" with him. How patient had the king already been with him up to that point? Patience is a given when loaning money. All of this has the net effect, for me, of reminding me that God is tremendously patient with me and that purgatory, as you point out, is yet another manifestation of God's patience with us — patience that takes the shape of mercy.
Besides the BIG lesson on forgiveness, the line of “then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers UNTIL he should pay back the whole debt” stands out to me.
It seems like this is an allusion to purgatory. We will have to make payment for our unforgiveness here on earth. Better to forgive now then pay the price later.
I think this is a good point, Joyce. It ties into another thought I had about this Gospel. The wicked servant asks the king to "be patient" with him. How patient had the king already been with him up to that point? Patience is a given when loaning money. All of this has the net effect, for me, of reminding me that God is tremendously patient with me and that purgatory, as you point out, is yet another manifestation of God's patience with us — patience that takes the shape of mercy.