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YOU CANNOT BE SLAVE TO TWO MASTERS

25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The Gospel Luke 16:1-13 You cannot be the slave of both God and money

Jesus said to his disciples: 

‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer.” Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed. Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes.”  Readings Reflection

Then he called his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, “How much do you owe my master?” “One hundred measures of oil” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond; sit down straight away and write fifty.” To another he said, “And you, sir, how much do you owe?” “One hundred measures of wheat” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond and write eighty.” 

‘The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light. 

‘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 the tents of eternity. The man who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in great; the man who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great. If then you cannot be trusted with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you cannot be trusted 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 treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’

Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both now and for evermore! Psalm 112 (113) 

Pray the Holy Rosary. Ave Maria

May Saint Joseph of  Cupertino, Priest pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Évangile selon saint Luc 16 1-13 
« Vous ne pouvez pas servir Ã  la fois dieu et l’argent »

En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Un homme riche avait un gérant qui lui fut dénoncé comme dilapidant ses biens. Il le convoqua et lui dit : ‘Qu’est-ce que j’apprends à ton sujet ? Rends-moi les comptes de ta gestion, car tu ne peux plus être mon gérant.’ Le gérant se dit en lui-même : ‘Que vais-je faire, puisque mon maître me retire la gestion ? Travailler la terre ? Je n’en ai pas la force. Mendier ? J’aurais honte. Je sais ce que je vais faire, pour qu’une fois renvoyé de ma gérance, des gens m’accueillent chez eux.’  Lectures Méditation

Il fit alors venir, un par un, ceux qui avaient des dettes envers son maître. Il demanda au premier : ‘Combien dois-tu à mon maître ?’ Il répondit : ‘Cent barils d’huile.’ Le gérant lui dit : ‘Voici ton reçu ; vite, assieds-toi et écris cinquante.’ Puis il demanda à un autre : ‘Et toi, combien dois-tu ?’ Il répondit : ‘Cent sacs de blé.’ Le gérant lui dit : ‘Voici ton reçu, écris 80’.

Le maître fit l’éloge de ce gérant malhonnête car il avait agi avec habileté ; en effet, les fils de ce monde sont plus habiles entre eux que les fils de la lumière. 

Eh bien moi, je vous le dis : Faites-vous des amis avec l’argent malhonnête, afin que, le jour où il ne sera plus là, ces amis vous accueillent dans les demeures éternelles. Celui qui est digne de confiance dans la moindre chose est digne de confiance aussi dans une grande. Celui qui est malhonnête dans la moindre chose est malhonnête aussi dans une grande. Si donc vous n’avez pas été dignes de confiance pour l’argent malhonnête, qui vous confiera le bien véritable ? Et si, pour ce qui est à autrui, vous n’avez pas été dignes de confiance, ce qui vous revient, qui vous le donnera ?

Aucun domestique ne peut servir deux maîtres : ou bien il haïra l’un et aimera l’autre, ou bien il s’attachera à l’un et méprisera l’autre. Vous ne pouvez pas servir à la fois Dieu et l’argent. »

Louez, serviteurs du Seigneur, louez le nom du Seigneur ! Béni soit le nom du Seigneur, maintenant et pour les siècles des siècles ! Psaume 112 (113)

Priez le sainte Rosaire: Ave Maria

Saint Joseph de Cupertino priez pour vous comme vous célébrez  votre anniversaire aujourd'hui.

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