"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wants to undertake a calculation. It is like the image of an inventory. It is time to settle accounts with the servants who have been entrusted with the king's wealth. Servants of God through Christ are those who have heard and followed his call to discipleship and who, because of their willingness to serve, have been assigned a task. And right at the beginning of this reckoning, a character is introduced whose guilt is so great that it cannot even be calculated. [...] The servant humbles himself before his master: he begs for patience and promises to pay. His words reveal his awareness of his guilt, his repentance and also his devotion to his master. It is the state of mind that arises when repentance and love meet: that of confession."
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Adrienne von Speyr, Le parabole del Signore (Gleichnisse des Herrn, 1966), translation into Italian by Giuseppe Reguzzoni, Jaca Book, Milano, 2008, p. 75. ISBN 978-88-16-30459-8.
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