Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Lk 16: 9-15
November 11, 2023 | Saturday

Today’s Gospel

And so I tell you: use filthy money to make friends for yourselves, so that, when it fails, these people may welcome you into the eternal homes.

Whoever can be trusted in little things can also be trusted in great ones; whoever is dishonest in slight matters will also be dishonest in greater ones. So if you have been dishonest in handling filthy money, who would entrust you with true wealth? And if you have been dishonest with things that are not really yours, who will give you that wealth that is truly your own?

No servant can serve two masters. Either he does not like the one and is fond of the other, or he regards one highly and the other with contempt. You cannot give yourself both to God and to Money.”

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at Jesus. He said to them, “You do your best to be considered righteous by people. But God knows the heart, and what is highly esteemed by human beings is loathed by God.

Today’s Reflection:

Who do you seek to please? Is it God or the world? One can spend his entire life pleasing others and end up becoming drained and empty at the end of the line. While it is always tempting to please the world especially when it assures us affirmation in return, which is a basic and legitimate need, far deeper and more profound on the other hand, is the peace and joy that seeking to please God gives to the human soul. The world is good and beautiful because it is created by God who is pure goodness but may we not forget that no matter how dazzling and promising the allurements of this world are, they are only creatures. May our souls be able to transcend beyond what our eyes can see so that we may be able to gaze upon the beauty of the creator. / Vulnerasti, 2023