Thursday 11 August

St Clare

Ezekiel 12:1-12; Ps 78; Matthew 18:21-19:1

Actions speak louder than words

Ezekiel demonstrates the message of God to His people in a dramatic style – prophecy by action. Forgiveness can be shown by actions and attitudes as well as words. The model is the forgiveness of God which knows no limit – neither should our forgiveness. It certainly does not mean non-forgiveness on the seventy-eighth time. Our heavenly Father wishes us to forgive from our heart and with all our heart. We ask the Father to forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.