Gospel:
Luke 16:1-8
Jesus said
to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for
squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about
you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be
my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master
is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig
and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from
the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his
master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my
master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here
is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to
another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred
measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one
for eighty.’ And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting
prudently. For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with
their own generation than the children of light.
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Reflection:
Do you think of creative ideas so that you could advance more the teachings of the Lord?
Do you think of creative ideas so that you could advance more the teachings of the Lord?
The
steward in our gospel is creative enough to devise a scheme to ensure his
survival after he is out of job. He discounted all the debtors payment, what a
clever move but the downside is he did this to ensure only his survival.
What if
he did the same but with the end in mind that he was doing this so that the
debtors would know how generous and friendly is his master? So that when his master eventually comes to
visit his debtors they would warmly welcome him. But he did this for his own
benefit.
This is a
very good reminder for all of us who profess to follow Jesus. Who are presently
doing the mission of Christ or who are aspiring to evangelize the teachings of
Jesus. Let us do it not to serve our selfish ends; let us rather always do
evangelization to serve the purpose of Christ. So that people would know Jesus
more than they would know us.
Someday
when our lives in this world is over and done with, there shall be an accounting of what we have
done in this world. God will ask us: What have you done during your lifetime?
How shall we answer God by that time?
Shall we
say then that we have shared the many gifts that He has given us? Or we will be
mum and speechless because we have not lived a productive life in terms of
sharing the gifts that God had given us.
Some of
us will say that how can we share our time when we hardly have time for ourselves.
This is a very self-serving statement because if we really desire to share we
will be able to share.
It all boils down to desire; if we really want to share what we have we can make it happen. Let us all remember that there shall be an accounting of what we’ve done during our tour of duty in this world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
It all boils down to desire; if we really want to share what we have we can make it happen. Let us all remember that there shall be an accounting of what we’ve done during our tour of duty in this world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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