The Prophet Jonah before the Walls of Nineveh, c. 1655, Rembrandt [Public domain]Jonah discovers that God’s is willing to forgive any who repent – even, Fr Jim notes, if they’re our worst enemies. Jesus points out in today’s gospel that God expects us, too, to forgive generously – even when we’d rather not.
Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry that God did not carry out the evil he threatened against Nineveh… [Then the LORD asked Jonah:] “Should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons?”
JON 4:1-11
“Father … forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us.”
LK 11:1-4
