10 November 2023 - Only By Grace Reflections
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TOPIC: ARE YOU BOTHERED BY THE SHREWDNESS OF TODAY’S GENERATION?
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First Reading: Romans 15: 14-21
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4
Alleluia: First John 2: 5
Gospel: Luke 16: 1-8
In today’s Gospel reading about the parable of the Dishonest Steward, Jesus told this parable as a way of highlighting the fact that the “children of the world” are indeed successful in their manipulation of worldly things. On the contrary, the “children of light” are not as shrewd when it comes to worldly things. What are the implications? It certainly does not tell us that we should enter into a worldly life striving to live by worldly standards and working towards worldly goals. In fact, by acknowledging this reality about the worldly, Jesus is presenting us with a strong contrast as to how we should think and act.
We are called to be the children of light. Therefore, we should not be surprised at all if we are not as successful in worldly things as others who are fully immersed in the secular culture. This is especially true if we look at the numerous “successes” of those who are fully immersed in the world and the values of the world. Some are successful in obtaining wealth, power, or prestige by being shrewd in things of this age.
This parable serves as a good reminder to us that all that matters in the end is what God thinks, how He sees us and the effort we make in living a holy life. As children of the light, we must work only for that which is eternal, not which is worldly and passing. God will provide for our worldly needs if we put our trust in Him. We may not become huge successes according to world standards, but we will obtain greatness with what truly matters and all that is eternal.
This is the 1295th installment of our CFC contemplation series focusing on the daily
