Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Lk 16:9-15
November 5, 2022 | Saturday
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:
We must have heard of the phrase “follow your heart”. Many times it is applied in different circumstances without condition. What if your heart tells you to deceive, cause harm and be dishonest? What if your heart desires money at all cost? The Lord knows the human heart; and He warns us of the danger of following it when it is not attuned to His will.
If we ask ourselves; do we want to be rich? Our honest answer would probably be, yes. That is why people work hard and want to earn more. They seek for security and wellbeing in this life, and it cannot be without money. They are motivated to give themselves and their loved ones a good life; a life that can go through the challenges and problems of life. The Lord does not condemn money and material things. What He loathes is the heart that serves them. /Vulnerasti, 2022
