Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Luke 12: 13-21
October 20, 2025 | Monday

Today’s Gospel

Someone in the crowd spoke to Jesus, “Master, tell my brother to share with me the family inheritance.” He replied, “My friend, who has appointed me as your judge or your attorney?” Then Jesus said to the people, “Be on your guard and avoid every kind of greed, for even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives you life.”

And Jesus continued, “There was a rich man, and his land had produced a good harvest. He thought, ‘What shall I do, for I am short of room to store my harvest? Alright, I know what I shall do: I will pull down my barns and I will build bigger ones, to store all this grain, which is my wealth. Then I will say to myself: My friend, you have a lot of good things put by for many years. Rest, eat, drink and enjoy yourself.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be taken from you. Tell me, who shall get all you have put aside?’ This is the lot of the one who stores up riches for himself and is not wealthy in the eyes of God.”

Today’s Reflection

Jesus in the Gospel addresses the dispute of family inheritance from one of the crowds. Instead of being arbitrary, he warns the people about the danger of greed and that life does not consist of the accumulation of wealth. This is a calling for all of us to accumulate more in our spiritual treasure. We have to invest in our lives the security of spiritual nourishment, valuing that can last and is important in the eyes of God.

/Vulnerasti, 2025