8 Nov 2024
3 CommentsTrust in the Lord Always
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For 8 November 2024, Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 16:1-8
Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.” Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.” So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, “How much do you owe my master?” He answered, “A hundred jugs of olive oil.” He said to him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.” Then he asked another, “And how much do you owe?” He replied, “A hundred containers of wheat.” He said to him, “Take your bill and make it eighty.” And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
09 November 2024 @ 3:12 am
Thank you, Don for that powerful preaching! …. For the challenge to move forward in trust in preaching Gospel values amidst the angst of these days. We pray for one another and all our brothers and sisters.
09 November 2024 @ 3:32 am
I’m old. I’ve lived (thank God) through sixteen Presidential elections. Whether the candidate I was for won or not, anxiety and angst and uncertainty were not in my lexicon. Every day is uncertain. Yet the earth continues to turn, the sun rises, the stars shine in dark skies. God is in charge of what is unfathomable to us humans. Better that we remind ourselves who is really in charge, put our unfettered trust in Him, and do the very best we are able with the hands and hearts he gave us. Faith, Hope and Charity are the words given us to live by.
10 November 2024 @ 3:24 pm
I can listen to Fr. Don every day! That was quite reassuring. Thank you.