Audio: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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In his homily for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects on the parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Matthew’s Gospel.

Reading 1 SIR 27:30—28:7
Responsorial Psalm PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
Reading 2 ROM 14:7-9
Alleluia JN 13:34
Gospel MT 18:21-3

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This depiction of the parable of the Unforgiving Servant by Jan van Hemessen (c. 1556) shows the moment when the king scolds the servant. Public domain