“Be patient with me and I will pay you back”

These words from today’s Gospel (Matthew 18:21-35) resonate painfully in these days when unemployment and foreclosure fill the news.

The news is also full of selfishness and the very worst of ill feelings (as is today’s Gospel).

Financial crises are generally very difficult to solve.

Resentment and sin can also be very difficult to overcome.

Yet, with the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we can.