24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Why Jesus Expects Us to Forgive

Today Peter asks Jesus, "Must we forgive our brother as many as seven times?" Jesus's response is telling: "Not seven times but seventy-seven times." And then he gives a parable so that we can understand why. Why does Jesus expect us to do something as hard as forgiving our neighbor? Because we ourselves have been forgiven.

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