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TODAY’S REFLECTION

In this third week of Lent we are reminded once again to forgive one another from our hearts. A talent was the equivalent of 6,000 denarii, and a day’s wage is just one denarius. Now to gain 6,000 denarii (one talent) one would have to work for 6,000 days, which is roughly 16 years. The unforgiving debtor in today’s parable owned not just a talent but 10,000 talents, which is the equivalent of 164,383.56 years of labor. He was thus pardoned for a debt he couldn’t pay in his lifetime, even if his family and possessions were sold besides. But he refused to forgive another who owed him just 100 denarii (three and half month’s wages). We are all debtors to the king of kings who has already pardoned us for debts we can never dream of paying back. Why then can’t we forgive others who owe us far less?