'There's a wideness in God's mercy'

Fr Faber's hymn sung here by the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral directed by John Scott; the tune is Corvedale by Maurice Bevan.

Appropriate in the light of tomorrow's Gospel ....

"...Simon, I have something to say to you." And he answered, "What is it, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly...."