How many times do I have to forgive?
The Lord had pity on that employee and let him go, forgiving the debt. But, upon leaving, the employee found that one of peers who owed him a hundred pence, and, grabbing, choking him, saying: "Pay what you owe me." The companion, rushing to his feet, and besought him, saying, "Have patience with me, and I will pay." But he refused and went and put him in jail until he paid what he owed. His companions, seeing what happened, were appalled and went and told their master everything that had happened. Then the master called him and said, 'You wicked servant! All you forgave that debt because you asked. Should you not also have compassion on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you? "
Help me, Lord, to forgive,
to receive, I too, your forgiveness.
Give me strength, Lord, to love my enemies,
to live, I too, in your love.
Strengthen, Lord, my heart in mercy,
for my misery to find your own compassion.
Purge me, Lord, of all selfishness,
of all pride, all ambition
,
of all sensuality,
of all jealousy,
of all evil: for
my eyes are able to see you.
A monk
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