Daily Reflection – Sep 18, 2016
Sunday 18 September 2016
First Reading: Amos 8:4-7
Responsorial Psalm:
Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor
Psalm 112(113):1-2, 4-8
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-8
Gospel Reading: Luke 16:1-13
Today’s Note: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Reading:
Jesus said to his disciples,
“A rich man had a steward
who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said,
‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do,
now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.’
He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said,
‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another the steward said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’
He replied, ‘One hundred kors of wheat.’
The steward said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note;
write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
“For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than are the children of light.
I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is yours?
No servant can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and mammon.”
Reflection:
‘Whom are the poor and needy in my life?’
Today I encourage you to reflect on the people in your life that you intentionally or unintentionally marginalise.
We all do it. Whom do I ignore? Whom do I sell for the sake of convenience? Lord, I ask today that through your mercy, I might be your eyes, your hands, and your heart to be generous to those in need. Help me to keep a loving heart and mind.
