309 part i: sunday meditations for the entire year 3. “and forgave him the debt” (Mt 18:27). Behold, my soul, what a great grace your Lord has granted to you! It was not enough for His goodness to forgive the punishment ascribed to you because of your debt, but He also forgave the debt itself. This means nothing else but giving complete amnesty for all your offenses and admitting you to His true and constant [f.88v] friendship. Worldly masters sometimes remit their debtors’ punishment, but they demand the repayment of the debt nonetheless. If at times, at the request of their friends they verbally forgive the debt, they harbor vengeance in their heart. This is not how the heavenly Lord dealt with you today: He forgave you what you owed; He took you back into His graces, although you did not merit it; and He has forgotten your wicked deeds faster than you asked for their forgiveness. As for you, do the same for your neighbor. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Before Holy Communion 1. “took counsel how to entangle [H]im in [H]is talk” (Mt 22:15). Consider that you should be very cautious in using your tongue, that you should speak very carefully, saying only well-considered words, since the one who listens to you judges you on the basis of what you say. It is commonly accepted that from one’s words we gather one’s internal quality. The tongue indicates what is in one’s heart. The tongue makes many people good; and it corrupts many, even the best, as the Apostle says: “Perverse conversations corrupt good manners” (cf. 1 Cor 15:33). Now, therefore, ponder the words coming from your lips. Consider, whether you have not ruined more by your words than you have instructed, and whether by telling unnecessary or unsuitable Encyklopedia Powszechna will be abbreviated as WEP.] Cf. WEP, vol. 11, PWN, Warszawa 1968, p. 410 (s.v. Tatarskie...Najazdy na Polskę).
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