About this episode

Bishop Barron discusses the importance of forgiveness and understanding our mission as belonging to the Lord, based on the Gospel and the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.

Friends, our Gospel for this Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time is the familiar story of Peter asking the Lord how many times he should forgive his brother: “As many as seven times?” Jesus responds, “Not seven times but seventy-seven times.” I want to get at this passage by looking at the second reading, taken from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans, which sheds distinctive light on it. When we are clear about our mission—when we know that we belong to the Lord—we can let go of resentments and harms done to us, and get on with the business of our lives!

People in this episode

Host: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• forgiveness
• Gospel
• Christian teachings
• Saint Paul
• resentment
• mission

Keywords

• forgiveness
• Gospel
• Peter
• Jesus
• Saint Paul
• Romans
• resentment
• mission

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

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