THE GOSPEL
Luke 16:1-13 or 10-13The children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of the light.
Dear God,
give us big hearts.
Make us sly like foxes.
Sharp as two-edged swords.
Shrewd as lawyers.
Whatever it takes!
Let us
grow in
holy cunning:
stewards to help you bring
every single person
home to your
heavenly
mansion.
THE FIRST READING
Amos 8: 4-7
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land!
What would Amos say today?
That our scales are rigged for cheating and
that corporate greed is the norm?
That women in the maquilas in
Salvador are trampled.
That Guatemalan
coffee growers
can’t feed
their
own
kids?
Please bring us your justice.
Teach us to
love our neighbor
as
ourselves.
THE SECOND READING
1 Timothy 2: 1-8
This is good and pleasing to God our savior,
who wills everyone to be saved.
Jesus—
earth’s ransom—
have you chosen us
to bring your blessed promise
to all the world?
Help us,
today,
yesterday
and tomorrow,
to
pray everywhere,
every minute,
and to love
well our
each
and
every
neighbor.
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