A Moment To Pause: Lent - Tuesday 10th March 2026

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene in Crewe for today's short 90 second podcast. Good morning everyone, and welcome to today's Oblate reflection on this Tuesday, the third week of Lent. Today's Gospel comes from Saint Matthew chapter 18, verses 21 to 35. Jesus teaches the disciples that because God has forgiven our immeasurable debt, we are required to extend that same forgiveness to others. When the forgiven servant in today's Gospel encounters a fellow servant who owes him a smaller debt, despite having experienced the forgiveness he has been shown by his master, he refuses to show mercy and has his fellow servant sent to prison. The master hears of this and revokes his forgiveness. Today we are called to emulate the master's boundless forgiveness in our own lives. Just as we have received God's mercy and forgiveness, we should extend the same to others. We can try to pull apart grudges, resentments and a unforgiving attitude. Let's just close now by praying the Our Father. Our Father, who art in heaven,  hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.