God's patience toward you and...
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God's patience toward you and me is almost inexhaustible. That is one of the truths Jesus sought to convey when he told the parable in today's Gospel reading. While some may scoff at God's unimaginable patience, assuming it will lead only to diminishing returns anyway, God continues to show his patience. Our own patience is usually much shorter-lived.
This year, in New York City, the magnificent new Marriott Hotel will open near Times Square. Eighty stories high, it took less than two years to build. How long it will last is anybody's guess.
But further on uptown in Manhattan, another magnificent building is taking shape. The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine has been under construction for eighty years now, and it is only half finished! Stonecutters there sometimes work on shaping a single stone for more than three weeks. But such devotion and patience is worth it. After all, a cathedral is being built!
Let us never get impatient with the patience God is willing to show toward one sinner who repents.
This year, in New York City, the magnificent new Marriott Hotel will open near Times Square. Eighty stories high, it took less than two years to build. How long it will last is anybody's guess.
But further on uptown in Manhattan, another magnificent building is taking shape. The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine has been under construction for eighty years now, and it is only half finished! Stonecutters there sometimes work on shaping a single stone for more than three weeks. But such devotion and patience is worth it. After all, a cathedral is being built!
Let us never get impatient with the patience God is willing to show toward one sinner who repents.
