November 05, 2016 Saturday 31st Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Phil 4:10–19 Gospel: Luke 16:9-15
Jesus said to his disciples, “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 not been trustworthy in handling filthy money, who could entrust you with true wealth? And if you have not been trustworthy with things which are not really yours, who will give you the wealth which is 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 rises high among humans is loathed by God.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
A broom, no matter how dirty, can make floors tidy; money, notwithstanding its reputation as filthy, can be of significant help to spirituality. Money is not evil per se. If it has gained such adverse reputation it is because many people use it badly. But there are those who use it to help others. In the process they unknowingly “buy” for themselves construction materials for angels to build in advance their abodes in heaven. People are reluctant to use money this way because of the mentality of scarcity. A person with this mentality won’t share his profits, not even with those involved in the production. “Keeping for the rainy day” is his favorite excuse for not sharing.
People with the abundance mentality will have little problems sharing resources with others. This paradigm is rooted in the awareness of one’s dignity as son or daughter of the God of abundance. They can still part with their hard-earned money to help others because their faith tells them God will take personally what they do for the least. While keeping for the rainy days is a virtue, it should not justify hoarding, bearing in mind the lot in store for those “who store up treasure for themselves instead of making themselves rich in the sight of God” (Luke 12: 21).Brooms are dirty because they are used to clean the surroundings. If money should be as dirty it should be because it is soiled by so much toil to make the lives of others worthy of their dignity as children of God. –(Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM, MMExM, MAPM, REB. Email: [email protected]
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