Gospel of St Luke 16:9-15
.’And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. .Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great. .If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? .And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own? .’No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’ .The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him. .He said to them, ‘You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people’s sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.”
Today Jesus is talking to us about faithfulness. Jesus expects us to be faithful to Him. We cannot serve two masters. Jesus is our Lord and Master. Faithfulness is a very important virtue in our life. Jesus is our role model because He was always faithful to His Father in heaven. Jesus is always faithful to us as well and that is why He gave His life for our redemption and salvation. Therefore we also keep that faithfulness to Him who always loves us and shows us His merciful love. So my friends we pray – Lord grant me the grace to be always faithful to you even until my day.
