READINGS AT MASS
Amos 8:4-7
Psalm 113
1 Tim 2:1-8
Luke 16:1-13
Theme: MONEY TO FRIENDSHIP
Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...
In the bid to survive, make money or gain material wealth, many have destroyed beautiful relationships and burnt down good bridges. We do not care how many good and vulnerable people we trampled upon as long as we make money.
Like the business class in the first reading, poor good people are nothing but the price of sandals for those who have material possessions as their aim. At the end of it all, when his job and future were at stake, the dishonest steward in the Gospel set out to devise a way to ensure a peaceful future for himself. Strangely, he did not think about stealing more money as should have been expected. Instead he made friends for himself with his master's riches. A corrupt man found true wealth in friendship. This drastic realization and change in priority is a real-life case study.
Beloved, at the end of it all, when life's ebb is done and dusted, we shall all wake up to this one fact that friendship is better than money and material wealth. Let's pray and hope that it will not be too late for us when that day comes.
Some things are more important than making money. As Christians, we must learn, like the dishonest steward, how to transform riches into instruments of fraternity, friendship, and solidarity.
A peaceful future is never in money and material goods, it is in the relationships we keep.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, teach us how to transform the riches of this world into a true and a lasting friendship in you. Amen.
May God bless you.
-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe
No comments:
Post a Comment