Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Luke 16: 9-15
November 8, 2025 | 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 which 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

The passage tells us about being trustworthy. We are given  responsibilities or duties that we need to fulfill, whether at home, in our workplaces, in communities, or the society where we belong. It doesn’t matter whether these responsibilities are big or small. What matters most is that whatever is entrusted to our care, we do our best to carry it out well, not only for our own benefit but for the good of all the people we serve. When we are responsible enough, even  with small responsibilities, surely, people would not hesitate to trust us with greater responsibilities. Being trustworthy entails turning away from our selfish desires and ambitions and opening our hearts to do what we ought for the sake of others. People may not see every act we do, but God sees us. He knows our human hearts. We can pretend in front of others but not in front  of God. As Christians,  we  are  challenged  to become trustworthy not only in front of people but, most of all, in the eyes of God.

/Vulnerasti, 2025