Thursday, November 03, 2016
Friday, 31st Week in Ordinary Time
04 November 2016
Friday, 31st Week in Ordinary Time
St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Memorial. White.
Phil 3:17- 4: 1 / Lk 16:1 – 8
St. Charles Borromeo (1538 – 1584) became Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan and was among the key reformers of the Council of Trent. At the age of 22, he became a Cardinal and Secretary of State of his uncle, Pope Pius IV. He set up diocesan seminaries for the training of priests.
From the 1st Reading: Phil 3:20 - 21
For us, our citizenship is in heaven, from where we await the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ, the Lord. He will transfigure our lowly body, radiant in glory, through the power which is his to submit everything to himself.
Gospel Reading: Lk 16:1 - 8
At another time Jesus told his disciples, "There was a rich man whose steward was reported to him for fraudulent service. He summoned the steward and asked him: 'What is this I hear about you? I want you to render an account of your service for it is about to be terminated.'
"The steward thought to himself: 'What am I to do now? My master will surely dismiss me. I am not strong enough to do hard work, and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I will do: I must make sure that when I am dismissed, there will be some people to welcome me into their house.'
"So he called his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first who came: 'How much do you owe my master?' The reply was: 'A hundred jars of oil.' The steward said: 'Here is your bill. Sit down quickly and write there fifty.' To the second he put the same question: 'How much do you owe?' The answer was: 'A hundred measures of wheat.' Then he said: 'Take your bill and write eight hundred.'
"The master commended the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the people of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the people of light."
Reflection
The gospel is a bit hard to understand. Why does the master praise his steward for stealing his money? Because to him money is not important. What is important is how we use it. Maybe we are always worried about money. So we try so hard to earn a lot of it, sometimes even steal it, save it, invest it. We are so preoccupied with money. The gospel gives us a hint on how to use money. We should realize that the money we have does not really belong to us, we are just its stewards. God is the owner of all our wealth.
The first reading says that our homeland is heaven. From heaven comes the Savior we are waiting for. He alone can subdue the whole universe. God is our master.
Let us live our lives doing what the Master wants. Even if you have up to now been running after money all your life, it is never too late to start running towards Jesus. He alone can bring us to our true homeland which is heaven.
WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
BIRTHDAY
Sr. Leonila Stewart, MIC
Jezza Marie L. Ampler
Pablo Cruz Jr
Andrew Patrick Ching Syling
IN MEMORIAM (+)
Chan Ket Min
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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